Characterizing interfraction variations and their dosimetric effects in prostate cancer radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 909-914

  Peng, Cheng ^a   Ahunbay, Ergun ^a   Chen, Guangpei ^a   Anderson, Savannah ^a   Lawton, Colleen ^a   Li, X Allen ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive RT; Interfraction variations; On line replanning; Prostate cancer RT

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CORRECTIONS; ADAPTIVE RT; ANATOMIC CHANGES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT DATA; CT SCAN; DEFORMATION PARAMETER; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; INTERFRACTION VARIATIONS; NORMAL STRUCTURE; PLANNED VALUES; PLANNING CT; PROSTATE CANCER RT; PROSTATE CANCERS; PROSTATE VOLUME; RE-PLANNING; STANDARD DEVIATION; TARGET COVERAGE;

DISEASES; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; STATISTICS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BLADDER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RECTUM; TUMOR VOLUME;

DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; ORGAN SIZE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 79551468706     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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