Class solution in inverse planned HDR prostate brachytherapy for dose escalation of DIL defined by combined MRI/MRSI

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 148-155

  Kim, Yongbok ^a   Hsu, I Chow J ^a   Lessard, Etienne ^a   Kurhanewicz, John ^b   Noworolski, Susan Moyher ^b   Pouliot, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Class solution; Dominant intra prostatic lesion; Dose escalation; Inverse planned HDR brachytherapy; MR Spectroscopy imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER;

BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 45849133810     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.11.024     Document Type: Article

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