Applicator reconstruction and applicator shifts in 3D MR-based PDR brachytherapy of cervical cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 341-346

  De Leeuw, Astrid A C ^a   Moerland, Marinus A ^a   Nomden, Christel ^a   Tersteeg, Robert H A ^a   Roesink, Judith M ^a   Jürgenliemk Schulz, Ina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Applicator reconstruction; Brachytherapy; Cervical cancer; MRI; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70350497131     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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