Prostate image-guided radiotherapy by megavolt cone-beam CT

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 187, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 473-478

  Zucca, Sergio ^a   Carau, Barbara ^a   Solla, Ignazio ^a   Garibaldi, Elisabetta ^a   Farace, Paolo ^a   Lay, Giancarlo ^a   Meleddu, Gianfranco ^a   Gabriele, Pietro ^a  

^a Oncological Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

IGRT; Megavolt cone beam CT; Prostate; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLADDER; BONE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAPROSTATIC CALCIFICATION; MALE; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; PROSTATE DISEASE; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM; SEMINAL VESICLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CALCINOSIS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 80052264104     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-011-2241-7     Document Type: Article

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