In Vivo Dosimetry of High-Dose-Rate Interstitial Brachytherapy in the Pelvic Region: Use of a Radiophotoluminescence Glass Dosimeter for Measurement of 1004 Points in 66 Patients With Pelvic Malignancy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 626-633

  Nose, Takayuki ^a,b   Koizumi, Masahiko ^c   Yoshida, Ken ^d   Nishiyama, Kinji ^c   Sasaki, Junichi ^c   Ohnishi, Takeshi ^c   Kozuka, Takuyo ^a   Gomi, Kotaro ^a   Oguchi, Masahiko ^a   Sumida, Iori ^a,b   Takahashi, Yutaka ^b   Ito, Akira ^b   Yamashita, Takashi ^a,b  

^a CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b CANCER INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d OSAKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; High dose rate; In vivo dosimetry; Radiophotoluminescence glass dosimeter; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DOSIMETERS; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE DOSE DELIVERY; BRACHYTHERAPY; RADIOPHOTOLUMINESCENCE GLASS DOSIMETER;

DOSIMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS; PELVIS CANCER; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; URETHRA; VAGINA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMINESCENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PERINEUM; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTUM; URETHRA; VAGINA;

EID: 38349048277     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.09.053     Document Type: Article

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