3D CT-based volumetric dose assessment of 2D plans using GEC-ESTRO guidelines for cervical cancer brachytherapy

Brachytherapy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-60

  Gao, Mingcheng ^a   Albuquerque, Kevin ^a   Chi, Alex ^a   Rusu, Iris ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cervical cancer; CT; Three dimensional treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLADDER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ORGAN SIZE; PARAMETER; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RECTUM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 72449132739     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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