Dosimetric uncertainty in prostate cancer proton radiotherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4800-4807

  Lin, Liyong ^a   Vargas, Carlos ^a   Hsi, Wen ^a   Indelicato, Daniel ^a   Slopsema, Roelf ^a   Li, Zuofeng ^a   Yeung, Daniel ^a   Horne, Dave ^a   Palta, Jatinder ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose volume histogram; Motion; Prostate cancer; Proton

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; GASES; GRAPHIC METHODS; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; UROLOGY;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; METHODS AND MATERIALS; MOTION; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; PROSTATE CANCERS; PROTON RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANS;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER WALL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FEMUR HEAD; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; X RAY;

PERU TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 54949130269     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2982242     Document Type: Article

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