Ultrasound Imaging to Assess Inter- and Intra-fraction Motion during Bladder Radiotherapy and its Potential as a Verification Tool

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 385-393

  McBain, C A ^a   Green, M M ^a   Stratford, J ^a   Davies, J ^a   McCarthy, C ^a   Taylor, B ^a   McHugh, D ^a   Swindell, R ^a   Khoo, V ^a   Price, P ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bladder motion; radiotherapy; ultrasound imaging; verification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER FILLING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUMETRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 65449176134     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2009.01.016     Document Type: Article

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