Optimization of MVCT imaging schedule in prostate cancer treatment using helical tomotherapy;Optimisation du processus d'imagerie de haute énergie (MVCT) pour la tomothérapie hélicoïdale des cancers de la prostate

Cancer/Radiotherapie

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 316-322

  Beldjoudi, G ^a,b   Yartsev, S ^a,b   Battista, J J ^a,b   Van Dyk, J ^a,b  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Helical tomotherapy; Interfraction shifts; MVCT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 51049113795     PISSN: 12783218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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