A clinical study comparing polymer and gold fiducials for prostate cancer radiotherapy

A clinical study comparing polymer and gold fiducials for prostate cancer radiotherapy

IntroductionImage guidance with gold fiducials improves outcomes of prostate radiotherapy. However, gold produces artefact on CT imaging, interfering with contouring and verification. The purpose of this study was to compare polymer to standard gold fiducials using radiotherapy imaging modalities to...

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Main Authors: Daryl Lim Joon, Colleen Berry, Benjamin Harris, Mark Tacey, Drew Smith, Nathan Lawrentschuk, Michal Elisabeth Schneider, Olivia Fraser, Megan Hall, Michael Chao, Farshad Foroudi, Trish Jenkins, David Angus, Morikatsu Wada, Shomik Sengupta, Vincent Khoo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
radiotherapy
prostate cancer
polymer fiducials
image guided radiotherapy
verification
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2022.1023288/full

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