Feasibility of adequate dose coverage in permanent prostate brachytherapy using divergent needle insertion methods

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 120-125

  van den Bosch, Michiel R ^a   Lips, Irene M ^a   Lagerburg, Vera ^a   van Vulpen, Marco ^a   Lagendijk, Jan J W ^a   Moerland, Marinus A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Inverse planning; MRI; Prostate; Robotics; Simulated annealing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRACHYTHERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLES; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 38149079931     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.10.037     Document Type: Article

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