Ultrasound-based conformal planning for gynaecological brachytherapy

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-84

  Van Dyk, S ^a,b   Bernshaw, D ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bracytherapy; Cervical cancer; Conformal planning; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COST; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULTRASOUND; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER;

AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; CERVIX UTERI; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 42649144104     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01917.x     Document Type: Article

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