| Literature DB >> 26316394 |
Kazuma Kobayashi1, Naoya Murakami2, Akihisa Wakita2, Satoshi Nakamura2, Hiroyuki Okamoto2, Rei Umezawa2, Kana Takahashi2, Koji Inaba2, Hiroshi Igaki2, Yoshinori Ito2, Naoyuki Shigematsu3, Jun Itami2.
Abstract
We quantitatively estimated dosimetric variations due to interfraction organ deformation in multi-fractionated high-dose-rate brachytherapy (HDRBT) for cervical cancer using a novel surface-based non-rigid deformable registration. As the number of consecutive HDRBT fractions increased, simple addition of dose-volume histogram parameters significantly overestimated the dose, compared with distribution-based dose addition.Entities:
Keywords: Brachytherapy; Cervical cancer; Deformable registration; Dose evaluation; Interfraction variation
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26316394 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2015.08.017
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Radiother Oncol ISSN: 0167-8140 Impact factor: 6.280