Urethra low-dose tunnels: Validation of and class solution for generating urethra-sparing dose plans using inverse planning simulated annealing for prostate high-dose-rate brachytherapy

Brachytherapy

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 348-353

  Cunha, J Adam M ^a   Pouliot, Jean ^a   Weinberg, Vivian ^a   Wang Chesebro, Alice ^a   Roach III, Mack ^a   Hsu, I Chow ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; High dose rate; Inverse planning; IPSA; Prostate cancer; Urethra sparing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INVERSE PLANNING SIMULATED ANNEALING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM; URETHRA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URETHRA;

EID: 84865400824     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: 18731449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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