International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 59, Issue 2 , Pages 412-418 , 1 June 2004

Evaluation of a contour-alignment technique for CT-guided prostate radiotherapy: an intra- and interobserver study

  • Laurence E. Court, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Physics, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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  • Lei Dong, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Physics, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Lei Dong, Ph.D., Department of Radiation Physics, Unit 94, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA. Tel: (713) 792-0713; Fax: (713) 745-4505
    • ,
  • Noah Taylor, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Matthew Ballo, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Kei Kitamura, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
    • Department of Radiology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
    • ,
  • Andrew K. Lee, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Jennifer O'Daniel, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Physics, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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  • R.Allen White, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomathematics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Rex Cheung, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Deborah Kuban, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

Received 8 May 2003 ,Revised 17 September 2003 ,Accepted 15 October 2003.

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PII: S0360-3016(03)02219-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2003.10.023

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 59, Issue 2 , Pages 412-418 , 1 June 2004

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