Investigation into the use of a MOSFET dosimeter as an implantable fiducial marker

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-32

  Kry, Stephen F ^a   Price, Michael ^a   Wang, Zhonglu ^a   Mourtada, Firas ^a   Salehpour, Mohammad ^a  

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

Author keywords

Fiducial marker; Image guided radiotherapy; Implantable dosimeter; In vivo; Organ motion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY;

HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 70049097586     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v10i1.2893     Document Type: Article

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