Radiobiological models based evaluation of the consequences of possible changes in the implant geometry and anatomy in the HDR erachytherapy of the prostate cancer

• Main Author: Katsilieri, Zaira - Christiana
• Other Authors: Νικηφορίδης, Γεώργιος
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: HDR brachytherapy; Radiobiological models; Prostate cancer; Υψηλού ρυθμού βραχυθεραπεία; Ραδιοβιολογικά μοντέλα; Καρκίνος του προστάτη; 616.994 63

The purpose of this work is to investigate the influence of possible patient movement and anatomy alteration on the quality of delivered prostate US based HDR-brachytherapy. The effect of patient movement and anatomy change (after the needle implantation and 3D image set acquisition) on catheter and...