Medical Dosimetry
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 188-194 , Summer 2011

Interfraction Prostate Rotation Determined from In-Room Computerized Tomography Images

Presented in part at ESTRO 27, September 14 to 18, 2008; Gothenburg, Sweden.

  • Rebecca Owen, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Oncology Mater Center, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Radiation Therapy Services, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Victoria, Australia
    • School of Medical Radiation Sciences, University of Sydney, Lidcombe, New South Wales, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Rebecca Owen, Ph.D., Radiation Therapy Services, Radiation Oncology Mater Center, 31 Raymond Terrace, South Brisbane, Queensland, 4101 Australia
    • ,
  • Tomas Kron, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Sciences, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Farshad Foroudi, M.B.B.S., F.R.A.N.Z.C.R.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Radiation Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Alvin Milner, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Biostatistics and Clinical Trials, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Jennifer Cox, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • School of Medical Radiation Sciences, University of Sydney, Lidcombe, New South Wales, Australia
    • ,
  • Gillian Duchesne, M.D., F.R.A.N.Z.C.R.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Radiation Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Victoria, Australia

Received 9 March 2009 ,Accepted 9 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2010.03.002

Medical Dosimetry
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