Dosimetric evaluation of prostate rotations and their correction by couch rotations

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 156-162

  van Herten, Yvonne R J ^a   van de Kamer, Jeroen B ^a   van Wieringen, Niek ^a   Pieters, Bradley R ^a   Bel, Arjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Correction; Prostate; Radiotherapy dose planning; Rotation; Treatment couch

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMUR HEAD; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SEMINAL VESICLE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ROTATION; SEMINAL VESICLES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 45849116534     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.03.016     Document Type: Article

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