Measurement of craniocaudal catheter displacement between fractions in computed tomography-based high dose rate brachytherapy of prostate cancer

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1-13

  Kim, Yongbok ^a   Hsu, I Chow J ^a   Pouliot, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bony marker; Catheter displacement; Center of two gold markers; HDR brachytherapy; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049120408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v8i4.2415     Document Type: Article

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