Bypassing the learning curve in permanent seed implants using state-of-the-art technology

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-77

  Beaulieu, Luc ^a   Evans, Dee Ann Radford ^b   Aubin, Sylviane ^a   Angyalfi, Steven ^b   Husain, Siraj ^b   Kay, Ian ^b   Martin, André Guy ^a   Varfalvy, Nicolas ^a   Vigneault, Éric ^a   Dunscombe, Peter ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automated delivery; Computer optimization; Dosimetry; Intraoperative; Inverse planning; Prostate brachytherapy; Seed activity; Seed migration; Seed misplacement

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DESALINATION; OPTIMIZATION; PATIENT MONITORING;

INTRAOPERATIVE DOSIMETRY; INVERSE PLANNING; LEARNING CURVE; PROSTATE BRACHYTHERAPY; SEED MIGRATION; SEED MISPLACEMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

DOSIMETRY;

IODINE 125;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; INTRAOPERATIVE DOSIMETRY; LEARNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TECHNOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33845955005     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.07.019     Document Type: Article

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