Virtual simulation and treatment verification-merits and demerits: Experience at Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), Pakistan

Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 131-136

  Tunio, Mutahir ^a   Rafi, Mansoor ^a   Maqbool, Aamir ^b   Haque, Asdarul ^b  

^a Sind Institute of Urology and Transplantation   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Digitally reconstructed radiographs; Electronic portal imaging devices; Multileaf collimator linear accelerators; Radiotherapy in Pakistan; Virtual simulation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PAKISTAN; PROSTATE CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 71849104206     PISSN: 14603969     EISSN: 14671131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1460396909006657     Document Type: Article

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