Assessment of interfractional prostate motion in patients immobilized in the prone position using a thermoplastic shell

I Ikeda, T Mizowaki, Y Sawada, M Nakata… - Journal of radiation …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The aim of this study was to evaluate the interfractional prostate motion of patients
immobilized in the prone position using a thermoplastic shell. A total of 24 patients with …

Investigation into the use of a MOSFET dosimeter as an implantable fiducial marker

SF Kry, M Price, Z Wang, F Mourtada… - Journal of Applied …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
It may be possible to use a single device to measure the in vivo dose delivered during
radiotherapy, as well as to localize the target volume. This potential, as well as the detectors' …

[HTML][HTML] Patient-specific and generic immobilization devices for prostate radiotherapy

AD Melancon, RJ Kudchadker, R Amos… - International Journal of …, 2013 - scirp.org
The purpose of our study was to compare interfractional bony setup variations in pelvic
anatomy with two immobilization devices, the patient-specific Vac-Lok and the generic Dual …

Proximal seminal vesicle displacement and margins for prostate cancer radiotherapy

D Lim Joon, M Chao, A Piccolo… - Journal of medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Guidelines recommend that the proximal seminal vesicles (PrSV) should be
included in the clinical target volume for locally advanced prostate cancer patients …

A dose distribution overlay technique for image guidance during prostate radiotherapy

G Smyth, HM McCallum, EL Lambert… - The British Journal of …, 2008 - birpublications.org
Adaptive radiotherapy involves altering the treatment plan according to variations in patient
anatomy and set-up. This relies upon an accurate representation of the changing dose …

Radiobiologically optimized couch shift: A new localization paradigm using cone‐beam CT for prostate radiotherapy

Y Huang, SJ Gardner, N Wen, B Zhao… - Medical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To present a novel positioning strategy which optimizes radiation delivery by
utilizing radiobiological response knowledge and evaluate its use during prostate external …

Assessment of motion and field placement verification of the prostate using gold seed fiducial markers: a feasibility study

AL Brown, EL Day - Radiographer, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility of using gold seed fiducial
markers within the daily treatment of prostate cancer patients as a means of improving …

超声引导前列腺癌调强放疗的初步经验

刘英, 陈龙华, 袁亚维, 李启生, 孙爱民, 官键 - 中华肿瘤防治杂志, 2010 - cqvip.com
目的: 探讨超声引导摆位系统(BAT) 引导放疗在前列腺癌调强放射治疗中的实用性和可行性.
方法: 8 例前列腺癌患者实施调强放疗, 每日放疗前进行BAT 精度校准后, 应用BAT …

Prostate or bone? Comparing the efficacy of image guidance surrogates for pelvis and prostate radiotherapy using accumulated delivered dose

VC Kong, T Rosewall, C Catton, P Chung… - Journal of Medical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction This study assessed the impact of dosimetry to both the target and normal tissue
when either bony anatomy (BA) or prostate (PRO) was used as surrogates for image …

Détermination des marges du volume cible anatomoclinique au volume cible prévisionnel pour la radiothérapie du cancer prostatique

F Ramiandrisoa, L Duvergé, J Castelli, TD Nguyen… - Cancer …, 2016 - Elsevier
Résumé La connaissance des mouvements et déformations intrapelviens entre et pendant
les fractions des différents volumes cibles (prostate, vésicules séminales, loge de …