Assessment of rectal distention in radiotherapy of prostate cancer using daily megavoltage CT image guidance

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 377-381

  Engels, Benedikt ^a   Tournel, Koen ^a   Soete, Guy ^a   Storme, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Image guided radiotherapy; Prostate cancer; Rectal distention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MALE; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM; SOFT TISSUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 61749089077     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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