Brachytherapy
Volume 6, Issue 4 , Pages 231-237 , October 2007

Intraoperative adaptive brachytherapy of iodine-125 prostate implants guided by C-arm cone-beam computed tomography–based dosimetry

  • Hendrik Westendorp

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Radiotherapeutic Institute RISO, Deventer, The Netherlands
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Radiotherapeutic Institute RISO, Deventer, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Medical Physics, Radiotherapeutic Institute RISO, PO Box 123, 7400 AC, Deventer, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31-570-646900; fax: +31-570-646901.
    • ,
  • Carel J. Hoekstra

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Radiotherapeutic Institute RISO, Deventer, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Arie van't Riet

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Radiotherapeutic Institute RISO, Deventer, The Netherlands
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Radiotherapeutic Institute RISO, Deventer, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • André W. Minken

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Radiotherapeutic Institute RISO, Deventer, The Netherlands
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Radiotherapeutic Institute RISO, Deventer, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Jos J. Immerzeel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Radiotherapeutic Institute RISO, Deventer, The Netherlands

Received 25 May 2007 ,Revised 15 August 2007 ,Accepted 21 August 2007.

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PII: S1538-4721(07)00244-9

doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2007.08.005

Brachytherapy
Volume 6, Issue 4 , Pages 231-237 , October 2007

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