BULK ELECTRON DENSITY TREATMENT PLANNING FOR MRI-BASED PROSTATE RADIOTHERAPY

Treatment of prostate cancer using radiation therapy usually involves obtaining magnetic resonance (MR) images for delineation of the prostate, and computed tomography (CT) images for the required electron density needed for radiation therapy treatment planning calculations. The effect of including...

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Published inAustralasian physical & engineering sciences in medicine Vol. 31; no. 4; p. 380
Main Authors Lambert, Jonathan, Greer, Peter, Patterson, Jackie, Dowling, Jason, Salvado, Olivier, Menk, Fred
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Nature B.V 01.12.2008
Subjects
Electrons
Radiation therapy
Tomography
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Summary:Treatment of prostate cancer using radiation therapy usually involves obtaining magnetic resonance (MR) images for delineation of the prostate, and computed tomography (CT) images for the required electron density needed for radiation therapy treatment planning calculations. The effect of including or excluding bone from the bulk density plan was also examined, and effective depth calculations were used to calculate the optimal average density for bone in these plans.
ISSN:0158-9938
1879-5447