Comparison of daily couch shifts using MVCT (TomoTherapy) and B-mode ultrasound (BAT system) during prostate radiotherapy

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 279-285

  Lin, Steven H ^a   Sugar, Elizabeth ^b   Teslow, Terrance ^a   McNutt, Todd ^a   Saleh, Habeeb ^a   Song, Danny Y ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

And tomotherapy; BAT; MVCT; Prostate; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B MODE ACQUISITION AND TARGETING SYSTEM; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; PROSTATE CANCER; RANDOMIZATION;

EID: 50249166064     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460800700402     Document Type: Article

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