Dosimetric evaluation of daily rigid and nonrigid geometric correction strategies during on-line image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) of prostate cancer

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 352-365

  Song, William Y ^a,b,c   Wong, Eugene ^a,b   Bauman, Glenn S ^a,b   Battista, Jerry J ^a,b   Van Dyk, Jake ^a,b  

^a LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformable dose tracking; Geometric uncertainties; Image guided radiation therapy; On line IMAT; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; DEFORMATION; DISEASES; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; PHYSICAL THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY; UROLOGY;

DOSE TRACKING; GEOMETRIC UNCERTAINTIES; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY; ON-LINE IMAT; PROSTATE CANCERS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BLADDER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; EVALUATION; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RECTUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845926245     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2405325     Document Type: Article

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