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TH‐A‐BRC‐01: Ultrasound Based IGRT
Author(s) -
Salter B
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.3182590
Subject(s) - image guided radiation therapy , medical physics , ultrasound , computer science , medicine , medical imaging , radiology
While numerous image guidance tools have evolved in recent years, in‐room ultrasound (US) guidance remains a viable, efficient and still widely utilized tool for localization of prostate and other abdominal sites. In the presence of proper training and implementation, the method has been found to be an acceptably accurate, relatively inexpensive, non‐invasive method of localizing prostate that requires no delivered radiation dose. In this refresher course we will review the fundamentals of the US guidance process and discuss methods for implementation and ongoing QA of an effective US Guidance program.