Fiducial markers implanted during prostate brachytherapy for guiding conformal external beam radiation therapy

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 359-364

  Welsh, James S ^a   Berta, Christine ^c   Borzillary, Scott ^b   Sam, Celis ^b   Shickell, Derek ^d   Nobile, Lisa ^b   Greenberg, Marsha ^b   Weiss, Stephanie ^b   Detorie, Nicholas ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Branchytherapy; Imagguided radiotherapy; Implanted markers; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

GOLD; IODINE 125; SILVER;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFORMAL EXTERNAL BEAM RADIATION THERAPY; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPLANTATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PERINEUM; PHANTOM; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; TECHNIQUE; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY FILM;

EID: 4143149582     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460400300405     Document Type: Article

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