Comparison of Daily Prostate Positions during Conformal Radiation Therapy of Prostate Cancer Using an Integrated CT-linear Accelerator System: In-room CT Image versus Digitally Reconstructed Radiograph
Author(s) -
Hideki Aoyama,
Yoshiharu Azuma,
Keiji Inamura
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of radiation research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.643
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1349-9157
pISSN - 0449-3060
DOI - 10.1269/jrr.10111
Subject(s) - prostate cancer , medicine , prostate , nuclear medicine , radiation therapy , radiology , cancer
The purpose of this study is to quantify the magnitudes of the position shifts of internal structures together with the correlation between the day-to-day positioning of the prostate and the bony anatomy using an integrated CT-linear accelerator system for external beam radiation therapy for prostate cancer.
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