Calcifications Are Potential Surrogates for Prostate Localization in Image-Guided Radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 963-966

  Zeng, Grace G ^a   McGowan, Tom S ^a,b   Larsen, Tessa M ^a   Bruce, Lisa M ^a   Moran, Natasha K ^a   Tsao, Jonathan R ^a   MacPherson, Miller S ^a,c  

^a CREDIT VALLEY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

CBCT; Cone beam computed tomography; Image guided radiotherapy; On line registration; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY;

ANTEROPOSTERIOR; CBCT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CT IMAGES; CT SCANS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPIES; FIDUCIAL MARKERS; GEOMETRIC CENTERS; IMAGE GUIDANCES; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGING; IMAGING DOSES; ON-LINE; ON-LINE REGISTRATION; PRECISE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE LOCALIZATIONS; PROSTATE POSITIONS; RELIABLE; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

BIOMINERALIZATION;

ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGING; LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; RADIATION DOSE;

ADULT; CALCINOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 54049112349     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.07.021     Document Type: Article

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