Recommendations from Gynaecological (GYN) GEC-ESTRO working group: Considerations and pitfalls in commissioning and applicator reconstruction in 3D image-based treatment planning of cervix cancer brachytherapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-160

  Hellebust, Taran Paulsen ^a   Kirisits, Christian ^b   Berger, Daniel ^b   Pérez Calatayud, José ^c   De Brabandere, Marisol ^d   De Leeuw, Astrid ^e   Dumas, Isabelle ^f   Hudej, Robert ^g   Lowe, Gerry ^h   Wills, Rachel ^h   Tanderup, Kari ⁱ  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^g INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^h MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

3D brachytherapy; Applicator reconstruction; Commissioning

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77955715785     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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