Day-to-day reproducibility of prostate intrafraction motion assessed by multiple kV and MV imaging of implanted markers during treatment

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 400-407

  Mutanga, Theodore F ^a   De Boer, Hans C J ^a   Rajan, Vinayakrishnan ^a   Dirkx, Maarten L P ^a   Incrocci, Luca ^a   Heijmen, Ben J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Geometric uncertainties; IGRT; Implanted markers; Prostate; Systematic intrafraction motion

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRIC UNCERTAINTIES; IGRT; IMPLANTED MARKERS; INTRAFRACTION MOTION; PROSTATE;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

UROLOGY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMPLANT; INTRAFRACTION MOTION; KILOVOLTAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

DOSE FRACTIONATION; FIDUCIAL MARKERS; GOLD; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; NETHERLANDS; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY SETUP ERRORS; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPINE POSITION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859873812     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.05.049     Document Type: Article

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