Daily electronic portal imaging for morbidly obese men undergoing radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 6-10

  Millender, Laura Ellen ^a   Aubin, Michele ^a   Pouliot, Jean ^a   Shinohara, Katsuto ^b   Roach III, Mack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

EPID; Obesity; Patient positioning; Radiopaque markers

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; GOLD; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIATION THERAPY (EBRT); MORBIDLY; PROSTATE CANCER;

ONCOLOGY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

GOLD; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; OBESITY, MORBID; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 7444245333     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2003.12.027     Document Type: Article

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