Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 81, Issue 2 , Pages 179-183 , November 2006

Prostate volume determination: Differential volume measurements comparing CT and TRUS

  • Karl Mikael Kälkner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, and
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Karl Mikael Kälkner, Department of Oncology, Radiumhemmet, Karolinska University Hospital, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden.
    • ,
  • Gregory Kubicek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Therapeutic Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    • ,
  • Josef Nilsson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Radiumhemmet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Marie Lundell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Radiumhemmet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Seymour Levitt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, and
    • Department of Therapeutic Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    • ,
  • Sten Nilsson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, and

Received 18 April 2006 ,Revised 5 October 2006 ,Accepted 6 October 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2006.10.003

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 81, Issue 2 , Pages 179-183 , November 2006

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