Prostate fiducials and margins: Editorial

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 425-426

  Foroudi, F ^a   Fox, C ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MOVEMENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE;

HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 55649106524     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2008.02004.x     Document Type: Editorial

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