Offline adaptive radiotherapy for bladder cancer using cone beam computed tomography: Radiation oncology - Original article

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 226-233

  Foroudi, F ^a   Wong, J ^a   Haworth, A ^a   Baille, A ^a   McAlpine, J ^a   Rolfo, A ^a   Kron, T ^a   Roxby, P ^a   Paneghel, A ^a   Williams, S ^a   Duchesne, G ^a   Tai, Kh ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiotherapy; Bladder cancer; Cone beam CT; Image guided radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER CAPACITY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 66249141985     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2009.02066.x     Document Type: Article

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