Systematisation of spatial uncertainties for comparison between a MR and a CT-based radiotherapy workflow for prostate treatments

Radiation Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Nyholm, Tufve ^a   Nyberg, Morgan ^b   Karlsson, Magnus G ^a   Karlsson, Mikael ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALIBRATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROSTATE CANCER; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; UNCERTAINTY;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 71049137342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1748717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-717X-4-54     Document Type: Article

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