The effect of anterior proton beams in the setting of a prostate-rectum spacer

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 315-319

  Christodouleas, John P ^a   Tang, Shikui ^a   Susil, Robert C ^b   McNutt, Todd R ^b   Song, Danny Y ^b   Bekelman, Justin ^a   Deville, Curtiland ^a   Vapiwala, Neha ^a   DeWeese, Theodore L ^b   Lu, Hsiao Ming ^c   Both, Stefan ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior beams; Prostate rectum spacer; Proton therapy; Spacer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; DRUG DOSE INTENSIFICATION; FEMUR HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROGEL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MAXIMUM PRESCRIPTION DOSE; MEDICAL DEVICE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE RECTUM SPACER; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTERIOR BEAMS; PROSTATE-RECTUM SPACER; PROTON THERAPY; SPACER;

HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTUM; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 84881108337     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: 18734022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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