Online correction of catheter movement using CT in high-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy

Brachytherapy

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 260-266

  Huang, Yimei ^a   Miller, Brett ^a   Doemer, Anthony ^a   Babij, Dan ^a   Kumar, Sanath ^a   Frontera, Rene ^a   Nurushev, Teamour ^a   Chetty, Indrin J ^a   Aref, Ibrahim ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Catheter displacement; HDR; Online correction; Prostate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIDUCIAL MARKER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CATHETERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FIDUCIAL MARKERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84876736674     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: 18731449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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