Inverse planning simulated annealing for magnetic resonance imaging-based intracavitary high-dose-rate brachytherapy for cervical cancer

Brachytherapy

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 242-247

  Kubicky, Charlotte Dai ^a   Yeh, Benjamin M ^b   Lessard, Etienne ^c   Joe, Bonnie N ^b   Speight, Joycelyn L ^c   Pouliot, Jean ^c   Hsu, I Chow ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cervical cancer; Inverse planning; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTUM; REFERENCE VALUES; URINARY BLADDER; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 46849114925     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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