Prostate movement during simulation resulting from retrograde urethrogram compared with "natural" prostate movement

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 470-475

  Liu, Yu Ming ^a,c,d,e   Ling, Stella ^a,b,d   Langen, K M ^a,b,d   Shinohara, Katsuto ^b,d   Weinberg, Vivian ^a,b,d   Pouliot, Jean ^a,b,d   Roach III, MacK ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d Bay Area Regional Cancer Center   (United States)

^e NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gold marker seeds; Portal imaging; Prostate cancer; Prostate movement; Radiotherapy; Treatment planning; Urethrogram

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR DETECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; TUMORS;

DIGITALLY RECONSTRUCTED RADIOGRAPHS (DRR); PROSTATE CANCER; SOFTWARE IMAGING; URETHROGRAPHY (UG);

RADIOGRAPHY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIOGRAPHY; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URETHROGRAPHY;

HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; URETHRA;

EID: 4544221189     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.03.024     Document Type: Article

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