On-line aSi portal imaging of implanted fiducial markers for the reduction of interfraction error during conformal radiotherapy of prostate carcinoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 329-334

  Chung, Peter W M ^a   Haycocks, Tara ^b   Brown, Tanya ^b   Cambridge, Zoe ^b   Kelly, Valerie ^b   Alasti, Hamideh ^a   Jaffray, David A ^a   Catton, Charles N ^a,c  

^a Department of Radiation Oncology ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

aSi portal imaging; Conformal radiotherapy; Interfraction error; On line correction; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

PORTAL FILMS; PORTAL IMAGING; PROSTATE;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA REDUCTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

RADIOTHERAPY;

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SILICON; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4444285372     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.03.038     Document Type: Article

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