A strategy for the use of image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) on linear accelerators and its impact on treatment margins for prostate cancer patients

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 184, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 663-667

  Nairz, Olaf ^a,b,c   Merz, Florian ^a   Deutschmann, Heinz ^a,b   Kopp, Peter ^a   Schöller, Helmut ^a   Zehentmayr, Franz ^a,b   Wurstbauer, Karl ^a   Kametriser, Gerhard ^a   Sedlmayer, Felix ^a,b  

^a Salzburger Landeskliniken   (Austria)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cone beam CT; IGRT; Prostate cancer; Safety margins; Setup errors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58149171936     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-008-1874-7     Document Type: Article

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