Development of prototype shielded cervical intracavitary brachytherapy applicators compatible with CT and MR imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 5515-5524

  Price, Michael J ^a,b,c,d   Jackson, Edward F ^a,b   Gifford, Kent A ^a,b   Eifel, Patricia J ^a,b   Mourtada, Firas ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MARY BIRD PERKINS CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; ICBT applicators; Image guided brachytherapy; MR compatible

Indexed keywords

APPLICATORS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE ACQUISITION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; PHANTOMS; RADIOTHERAPY; SHIELDING; TUNGSTEN ALLOYS; WATER TANKS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CERVICAL CANCERS; CRITICAL STRUCTURES; LOCAL DISEASE CONTROLS; MR-COMPATIBLE; SECOND GENERATION; SHIELDING MATERIALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALLOY; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SHIELD; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 72049127764     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3253967     Document Type: Article

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