A new fiducial marker for Image-guided radiotherapy of prostate cancer: Clinical experience

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1358-1366

  Carl, Jesper ^a   Nielsen, Jane ^a   Holmberg, Mats ^a   Højkjær Larsen, Erik ^a   Fabrin, Knud ^a   Fisker, Rune V ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 51049098961     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860802241972     Document Type: Article

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