CT-based postimplant dosimetry of prostate brachytherapy: Comparison of 1-mm and 5-mm section CT

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-26

  Tanaka, Osamu ^a   Hayashi, Shinya ^a   Kanematsu, Masayuki ^a   Matsuo, Masayuki ^a   Nakano, Masahiro ^a   Maeda, Sunaho ^a   Deguchi, Takashi ^a   Hoshi, Hiroaki ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; CT image quality; Postimplant dosimetry; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ORGAN SIZE; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE;

BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33847755905     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-006-0096-0     Document Type: Article

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