Comparison of conventional and virtual simulation for radiation treatment planning of prostate cancer

Journal of B.U.ON.

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 684-689

  Kantzou, Ioanna ^a   Kelekis, N ^a   Piatoni, K ^a   Sandilos, P ^b   Gouliamos, A ^b   Kouvaris, I ^b   Kouloulias, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Conventional simulation; Prostate cancer; Virtual simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL X RAY SIMULATION; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIMULATION; VIRTUAL SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANS AT RISK; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 78651397308     PISSN: 11070625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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