Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 89, Issue 2 , Pages 156-163 , November 2008

Consequences of random and systematic reconstruction uncertainties in 3D image based brachytherapy in cervical cancer

  • Kari Tanderup

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
    • ,
  • Taran Paulsen Hellebust

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Rikshospital-Radiumhopital Health Trust, Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Stefan Lang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
    • ,
  • Jørgen Granfeldt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mathematical Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark
    • ,
  • Richard Pötter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
    • ,
  • Jacob Christian Lindegaard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
    • ,
  • Christian Kirisits

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Christian Kirisits, Department of Radiotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A – 1090 Vienna, Austria.

Received 25 October 2007 ,Revised 16 June 2008 ,Accepted 19 June 2008.

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PII: S0167-8140(08)00330-7

doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.06.010

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 89, Issue 2 , Pages 156-163 , November 2008

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