Phantom investigations on CT seed imaging for interstitial brachytherapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 316-323

  Siebert, Frank André ^a   De Brabandere, Marisol ^b   Kirisits, Christian ^c   Kovács, György ^d   Venselaar, Jack ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^e DR BERNARD VERBEETEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Computer tomography; Iodine 125; Prostate cancer; Quality assurance; Seeds

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; KIEL PHANTOM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SEED RECONSTRUCTION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36349037097     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.04.036     Document Type: Article

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