Dose effects of seeds placement deviations from pre-planned positions in ultrasound guided prostate implants.

Dawson, J E; Wu, T; Roy, T; Gu, J Y; Kim, H · Radiother Oncol · 1994

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The effects of random (drifting) errors in actual seed placement during prostate implants have been evaluated by using geometrically optimized implants of I-125 and Pd-103 seeds. Results indicate that small random deviations in the seeds placement from the preplant position may affect the planned dose and beam profiles significantly.

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