Treatment plan adaptation for MRI-guided radiotherapy using solely MRI data: A CT-based simulation study

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 16, 2010, Pages

  Kerkhof, E M ^a   Balter, J M ^b   Vineberg, K ^b   Raaymakers, B W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION RESPONSE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78149334320     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/16/N01     Document Type: Article

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