Does the planning dose-volume histogram represent treatment doses in image-guided prostate radiation therapy? Assessment with cone-beam computerised tomography scans

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 162-168

  Hatton, Joan A ^a,b   Greer, Peter B ^a,b   Tang, Colin ^a,b   Wright, Philip ^a,c   Capp, Anne ^a,b   Gupta, Sanjiv ^a   Parker, Joel ^a   Wratten, Chris ^a,b   Denham, James W ^a,b  

^a CALVARY MATER NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c Saskatoon Cancer Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cone beam computerised tomography; Dose volume histogram; Prostate; Radiotherapy; Rectum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RECTUM;

AGED; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTUM; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 79951849484     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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