Electronic portal imaging vs kilovoltage imaging in fiducial marker image-guided radiotherapy for prostate cancer: An analysis of set-up uncertainties

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1010, 2012, Pages 176-182

  Gill, Suki ^a   Thomas, J ^a   Fox, C ^a   Kron, T ^a   Thompson, A ^a   Chander, S ^a   Williams, S ^a   Tai, K H ^a   Duchesne, G ^a   Foroudi, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KILOVOLTAGE IMAGING; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

FIDUCIAL MARKERS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84863402077     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/13553326     Document Type: Article

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