Rotation of the Sacrum During Bellyboard Pelvic Radiotherapy

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-30

  Kasabašić, Mladen ^a   Faj, Dario ^a   Ivković, Ana ^a   Jurković, Slaven ^a   Belaj, Nenad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSIJEK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Pelvic radiotherapy; Rotation; Verification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; BELLYBOARD PELVIC RADIOTHERAPY; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILM DOSIMETER; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; RANDOM ERROR; ROTATION; SACRUM; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TREATMENT DURATION;

HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; POSTURE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; SACRUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 75149127710     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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