Daily Bone Alignment With Limited Repeat CT Correction Rivals Daily Ultrasound Alignment for Prostate Radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 274-280

  O'Daniel, Jennifer C ^a   Dong, Lei ^a   Zhang, Lifei ^a   Wang, He ^a   Tucker, Susan L ^a   Kudchadker, Rajat J ^a   Lee, Andrew K ^a   Cheung, Rex ^a   Cox, James D ^a   Kuban, Deborah A ^a   Mohan, Radhe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CT guided radiotherapy; Image guided radiotherapy; No action level protocol; Prostate cancer; Setup uncertainties

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

CT GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; NO ACTION LEVEL PROTOCOLS; PROSTATE CANCER; SETUP UNCERTAINTIES;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PELVIC BONES; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41749097651     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.01.026     Document Type: Article

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