Critical structure movement in cervix brachytherapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-45

  Anderson, Clare ^a   Lowe, Gerry ^a   Wills, Rachel ^a   Inchley, David ^a   Beenstock, Victoria ^a   Bryant, Linda ^a   Chapman, Caroline ^a   Hoskin, Peter J ^a  

^a MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cervix; Movement; MRI; OAR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM; SIGMOID; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, INTERVENTIONAL; ORGANS AT RISK; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84878220308     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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