Brachytherapy
Volume 6, Issue 4 , Pages 254-257 , October 2007

Enhanced efficiency and ergonomics of an intraoperative automated prostate brachytherapy delivery technique

  • Dee-Ann Radford Evans

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Medical Physics, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, 1331 29th St, NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Tel.: +1-403-521-3996; fax: +1-403-521-3327.
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  • Tyler Meyer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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  • Steve Angyalfi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • Department of Oncology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • ,
  • Siraj Husain

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • Department of Oncology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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  • Ian Kay

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • Department of Oncology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • ,
  • Peter Dunscombe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • Department of Oncology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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 This work was supported in part by grant #17886 from the Adult Research Committee of the Calgary Health Region.

PII: S1538-4721(07)00241-3

doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2007.08.002

Brachytherapy
Volume 6, Issue 4 , Pages 254-257 , October 2007

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