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16916807

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
947
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-10-26
pubmed:abstractText
In Europe and the USA combined, over half a million people had a hip joint replaced in 2005, contributing to the increasing number of radiotherapy patients with metallic hip prostheses. The treatment plan for external beam radiation therapy is based on the delineation of the anatomy in the planning CT scan. When implanted objects of high atomic number (Z) material are present, however, severe image artefacts are generated in conventional CT, strongly hindering the ability to delineate some organs. This is particularly the case for the planning of prostate patients with hip prostheses. This short communication presents the use of a new imaging modality, megavoltage cone-beam CT, to complement the regular CT for target definition of prostate cancer treatment of patients with hip replacements.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1748-880X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
79
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
918-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
The use of megavoltage cone-beam CT to complement CT for target definition in pelvic radiotherapy in the presence of hip replacement.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article