Conventional versus virtual simulation for radiation treatment planning of prostate cancer: Final results

Journal of B.U.ON.

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 309-315

  Kantzou, Ioanna ^a,b   Platoni, K ^a   Sandilos, P ^c   Gouliamos, A ^c   Kouvaris, I ^c   Sarris, G ^b   Kelekis, N ^a   Kouloulias, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b METAXA CANCER HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Conventional simulation; Prostate cancer; Radiotherapy; Treatment planning; Virtual simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVENTIONAL SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOGRAPHY; SEMINAL VESICLE; SIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; VIRTUAL REALITY; VIRTUAL SIMULATION; X RAY FILM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 79960255211     PISSN: 11070625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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