Potentials of on-line repositioning based on implanted fiducial markers and electronic portal imaging in prostate cancer radiotherapy

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>To evaluate the benefit of an on-line correction protocol based on implanted markers and weekly portal imaging in external beam radiotherapy of prostate cancer. To compare the use of bony anatomy versus implanted markers for calculat...

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Main Authors: Boehmer Dirk, Budach Volker, Wust Peter, Graf Reinhold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-04-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.ro-journal.com/content/4/1/13