Using kV-kV and CBCT imaging to evaluate rectal cancer patient position when treated prone on a newly available belly board

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 117-121

  Cranmer Sargison, Gavin ^a   Kundapur, Vijayananda ^a   Tu, Deluan ^a   Ternes, Shyanne ^a   Vachhrajani, Haresh ^a   Sidhu, Narinder P ^a,b  

^a SASKATCHEWAN CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Belly board; CBCT; KV kV; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELLY BOARD; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RECTUM CANCER; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRONE POSITION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84860464670     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: 18734022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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