Radiography
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 312-317 , November 2008

Intraprostatic fiducials for image guidance: Workflow implications in a single linac department

  • Mark Middleton

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Oncology Queensland, St. Andrews Toowoomba Hospital, Toowoomba, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 7 46903822; fax: +61 7 4690 3843.
    • Work undertaken whilst at Ballarat-Austin Radiation Oncology Centre.
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  • Andrew See

      Affiliations

    • Austin Health, Ballarat-Austin Radiation Oncology Centre, Ballarat, Australia
    • ,
  • Aldo Rolfo

      Affiliations

    • Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne, Australia
    • Work undertaken whilst at Austin Health.
    • ,
  • Steve Medwell

      Affiliations

    • Austin Health, Ballarat-Austin Radiation Oncology Centre, Ballarat, Australia
    • ,
  • Michael Lim Joon

      Affiliations

    • Austin Health, Ballarat-Austin Radiation Oncology Centre, Ballarat, Australia
    • ,
  • Daryl Lim Joon

      Affiliations

    • Austin Health, Ballarat-Austin Radiation Oncology Centre, Ballarat, Australia
    • ,
  • Jarad Martin

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Oncology Queensland, St. Andrews Toowoomba Hospital, Toowoomba, Australia
    • ,
  • Vincent Khoo

      Affiliations

    • Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK

Received 17 July 2007 ,Revised 8 November 2007 ,Accepted 21 November 2007.

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PII: S1078-8174(07)00102-2

doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2007.11.002

Radiography
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 312-317 , November 2008

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