Measurements of intrafraction motion and interfraction and intrafraction rotation of prostate by three-dimensional analysis of daily portal imaging with radiopaque markers

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 30-39

  Aubry, Jean François ^a,b   Beaulieu, Luc ^a,b   Girouard, Louis Martin ^a   Aubin, Sylviane ^a,b   Tremblay, Daniel ^a   Laverdière, Jacques ^a   Vigneault, Eric ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electronic portal imaging device; Gold markers; Intrafraction motion; Prostate cancer; Prostate motion; Rotation

Indexed keywords

INTERFRACTION MOTIONS; INTRAFRACTION MOTIONS;

ALGORITHMS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY;

ONCOLOGY;

GOLD;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; ROTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIDEORECORDING;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MOVEMENT; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; ROTATION;

EID: 4444270625     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.02.045     Document Type: Article

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