Journal:
:middle east journal of cancer
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milad baradaran-ghahfarokhi medical physics and medical engineering department, school of medicine, isfahan university of medical sciences, isfahan, iran
mohammad hadi bagheri medical imaging research center and department of radiology, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, iran
mehrzad lotfi medical imaging research center and department of radiology, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, iran
mohammad amin mosleh-shirazi center for research in medical physics and biomedical engineering and radiotherapy department, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, iran
reza faghihi medical radiation department, school of mechanical engineering, shiraz university, shiraz, iran
kamal hadad medical radiation department, school of mechanical engineering, shiraz university, shiraz, iran
background : safe dose escalation is highly desirable in radiotherapy for prostate cancer. prostate displacement due to bladder filling can be significant, so improved targeting of the prostate by ultrasound imaging potentially allows for a reduction in the target margin and consequently less toxicity. this study estimates the accuracy of ultrasound for prostate and bladder volume measurements ...
