Accuracy of image-guided radiotherapy of prostate cancer based on the BeamCath® urethral catheter technique

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-30

  Poulsen, Per Rugaard ^a   Fokdal, Lars ^b   Petersen, Jørgen ^a   Høyer, Morten ^b  

^a Department of Medical Physics ^*  (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Image guided radiotherapy; Prostate cancer; Prostate localization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIC GIRDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; URINE CATHETER;

HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 34047248881     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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