Dosimetric Changes Resulting From Patient Rotational Setup Errors in Proton Therapy Prostate Plans

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-48

  Sejpal, Samir V ^a   Amos, Richard A ^a   Bluett, Jaques B ^a   Levy, Lawrence B ^a   Kudchadker, Rajat J ^a   Johnson, Jennifer ^a   Choi, Seungtaek ^a   Lee, Andrew K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Prostate cancer; Proton therapy; Rotational setup errors; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TARGET VOLUMES; CRITICAL ORGANS; CRITICAL STRUCTURES; FEMORAL HEADS; PELVIC TILT; PERCENTAGE OF VOLUME; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE CANCERS; PROTON THERAPY; RECTAL WALL; ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT; ROTATIONAL SETUP ERRORS; SEMINAL VESICLE; SETUP ERRORS; TARGET VOLUMES; TREATMENT PARAMETERS; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORST CASE SCENARIO;

DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; ERRORS; PATIENT MONITORING; PROTON BEAMS; TARGETS;

PROTONS;

ARTICLE; BLADDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMUR HEAD; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTON RADIATION; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM; SEMINAL VESICLE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

FEMUR HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTUM; ROTATION; SEMINAL VESICLES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 68649113548     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.08.042     Document Type: Article

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