Open AccessComparison of volume doses from conventional two-dimensional brachytherapy with corresponding doses from three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging-based brachytherapy in carcinoma cervix
Author(s) -
Susan Mathews,
M Biju Azariah,
Seetha Mohandas,
Sharika Venugopal Me,
Preethi Sara George,
PG Jayaprakash
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_992_17
Subject(s) - brachytherapy , medicine , nuclear medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , rectum , radiation treatment planning , cervical cancer , cervix , radiology , radiation therapy , cancer , surgery
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the doses delivered to the brachytherapy (BT) target volume and organs at risk from two-dimensional X-ray-based plans on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and to compare these doses with the corresponding doses from the image-based optimized plans.