Off-line setup corrections only marginally reduce the number of on-line corrections for prostate radiotherapy using implanted gold markers

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 359-366

  van der Vight, Lisette P ^a   van Lin, Emile N J Th ^a   Spitters Post, Ilse ^a   Visser, Andries G ^a   Louwe, Robert J W ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Correction protocol; Electronic portal imaging device; EPID; Patient positioning; Prostate cancer treatment; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

GOLD; TUMOR MARKER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORKLOAD;

ALGORITHMS; GOLD; HUMANS; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 61349179471     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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