Comparison of mega-voltage cone-beam computed tomography prostate localization with online ultrasound and fiducial markers methods

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 531-538

  Gayou, Olivier ^a   Miften, Moyed ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Localization; MV CBCT; Prostate cancer; Seed markers; US

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; ULTRASONICS; URANIUM; UROLOGY;

CLINICAL TARGET VOLUMES; DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTIONS; LOCALIZATION; MEGA-VOLTAGE CONE BEAM; MV-CBCT; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; PROSTATE CANCERS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BLADDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMOBILIZATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RECTUM; SKIN; TREATMENT PLANNING; VACUUM; VARIANCE;

PERU TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 38849100906     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2830381     Document Type: Article

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