Intra-fraction motion of the prostate is not increased by patient couch shifts

BACKGROUND: During a fraction of external beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer, a mismatch between target volume and dose coverage may accumulate over time due to intra-fraction motion. One way to remove the residual error is to perform a couch shift in opposite direction. In principle, such couch...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ballhausen, Hendrik, Ganswindt, Ute, Belka, Claus, Li, Minglun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4804511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27005431
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-016-0620-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4804511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27005431
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-016-0620-z

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