Assessment of integrated electromagnetic tracking for dwell position monitoring in a clinical HDR brachytherapy setting for prostate cancer.

Ioannis AndroulakisJeremy Schiphof-GodartLaura E van HeerdenLorne LuthartRené RijnsdorpMischa S HoogemanHenrike WesterveldMiranda E M C ChristianenJan Willem M MensRosemarijn van PaassenEva M NegenmanRemi A NoutInger Karine K Kolkman-Deurloo

Published in: Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (2024)

EMT is suitable for TRUS-based prostate HDR-BT quality assurance and error detection. While EMT can identify changes in implant geometry in CT-based prostate HDR-BT treatments, it showed lower accuracy in this setting.

Keyphrases

prostate cancer
epithelial mesenchymal transition
radical prostatectomy
high dose
radiation therapy
computed tomography
benign prostatic hyperplasia
image quality
contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging
locally advanced
positron emission tomography
magnetic resonance
signaling pathway
sensitive detection