4D analysis of influence of patient movement and anatomy alteration on the quality of 3D U/S-based prostate HDR brachytherapy treatment delivery

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 4982-4993

  Milickovic, Natasa ^a   Mavroidis, Panayiotis ^b   Tselis, Nikolaos ^a   Nikolova, Iliyana ^a   Katsilieri, Zaira ^a   Kefala, Vasiliki ^a   Zamboglou, Nikolaos ^a   Baltas, Dimos ^a,c  

^a Offenbach Clinic   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

3D US; COIN; DVH; HDR brachytherapy; prostate; radiation biology

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; IMAGE ACQUISITION; IRRADIATION; NEEDLES; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UROLOGY;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COIN; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; HDR BRACHYTHERAPY; PROSTATE; RADIATION BIOLOGY; RADIOBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

QUALITY CONTROL;

PERU TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 80052397164     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3618735     Document Type: Article

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