Dosimetry accuracy as a function of seed localization uncertainty in permanent prostate brachytherapy: Increased seed number correlates with less variability in prostate dosimetry

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3105-3119

  Su, Yi ^a   Davis, Brian J ^a   Furutani, Keith M ^a   Herman, Michael G ^a   Robb, Richard A ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); PATIENT MONITORING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE PARAMETERS; DOSIMETRY ACCURACY; SEED LOCALIZATION UNCERTAINTY;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; BLADDER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URETHRA;

BRACHYTHERAPY; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 34249071654     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/11/012     Document Type: Article

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