Reduction of Prostate Motion by Removal of Gas in Rectum During Radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 456-466

  Ogino, Ichiro ^a   Uemura, Hiroji ^b   Inoue, Tomio ^b   Kubota, Yoshinobu ^b   Nomura, Kazuto ^b   Okamoto, Naoyuki ^c  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KANAGAWA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Average cross sectional area; Motion; Prostate cancer; Rectum; Whole pelvic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; VECTORS;

AVERAGE CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA; MOTION; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM; WHOLE PELVIC RADIOTHERAPY;

GASES;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SEMINAL VESICLE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FLATULENCE; GASES; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; MOTION; MOVEMENT; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTUM; SEMINAL VESICLES; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 51049109312     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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