Methods for prostate stabilization during transperineal LDR brachytherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1563-1579

  Podder, Tarun ^a   Sherman, Jason ^b   Rubens, Deborah ^c   Messing, Edward ^c   Strang, John ^c   Ng, Wan Sing ^d   Yu, Yan ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); NEEDLES; STABILIZATION;

BRACHYTHERAPY; PROSTATE DISPLACEMENT; RADIATION SEED IMPLANT;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; NEEDLE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; ROBOTICS; ULTRASOUND;

BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; PROSTATE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 41049115794     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/6/004     Document Type: Article

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