Comparison of Combined X-Ray Radiography and Magnetic Resonance (XMR) Imaging-Versus Computed Tomography-Based Dosimetry for the Evaluation of Permanent Prostate Brachytherapy Implants

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1518-1525

  Acher, Peter ^a,b   Rhode, Kawal ^a   Morris, Stephen ^b   Gaya, Andrew ^b   Miquel, Marc ^a   Popert, Rick ^b   Tham, Ivan ^b   Nichol, Janette ^b   McLeish, Kate ^a   Deehan, Charles ^b   Dasgupta, Prokar ^b   Beaney, Ronald ^b   Keevil, Stephen F ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dosimetry; Imaging; MRI; Prostate

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IODINE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; RESONANCE; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT IMAGING; DOSE--VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; IMAGING; IMAGING MODALITIES; INTER-OBSERVER VARIABILITY; LIMITS OF AGREEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE (MR); MR IMAGING; MRI; OPTICAL TRACKING; PROSTATE; PROSTATE BRACHYTHERAPY; PROSTATE GLANDS; REGISTRATION ERRORS; REGISTRATION METHODS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

IODINE 125;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; X RAY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47149113307     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.03.065     Document Type: Article

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