Planning target volumes for radiotherapy: how much margin is needed?

Prescribing, recording, and reporting photon beam therapy

1993 • 1,781 citations

Quantification of organ motion during conformal radiotherapy of the prostate by three dimensional image registration

1995 • 524 citations

Evaluation of changes in the size and location of the prostate, seminal vesicles, bladder, and rectum during a course of external beam radiation therapy

1995 • 408 citations

Prostate motion during standard radiotherapy as assessed by fiducial markers

1995 • 387 citations

Measurement of prostate movement over the course of routine radiotherapy using implanted markers

1995 • 356 citations

Analysis of prostate and seminal vesicle motion: Implications for treatment planning

1996 • 252 citations

Electronic portal imaging device detection of radioopaque markers for the evaluation of prostate position during megavoltage irradiation: A clinical study

1997 • 250 citations

Prostate target volume variations during a course of radiotherapy

1998 • 220 citations

Variation in prostate position quantitation and implications for three-dimensional conformal treatment planning

1997 • 185 citations

Measurement of patient positioning errors in three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy of the prostate

1997 • 165 citations

Combined error of patient positioning variability and prostate motion uncertainty in 3D conformal radiotherapy of localized prostate cancer

1996 • 164 citations

Target margins for random geometrical treatment uncertainties in conformal radiotherapy

1996 • 127 citations

A critical evaluation of the planning target volume for 3-D conformal radiotherapy of prostate cancer

1998 • 106 citations

The role of uncertainty analysis in treatment planning

1991 • 101 citations

Variation in prostate position: Quantitation and implications for three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy

1993 • 92 citations

Defining treatment margins for six field conformal irradiation of localized prostate cancer

1994 • 92 citations

An evaluation of setup uncertainties for patients treated to pelvic sites

1995 • 68 citations

Consistency of three-dimensional planning target volumes across physicians and institutions

1997 • 68 citations

Three dimensional planning target volumes: A model and a software tool

1995 • 64 citations

Variation in prostate position relative to adjacent bony anatomy

1996 • 53 citations

Nonstandard deviations

1983 • 45 citations

An analysis of intratreatment and intertreatment displacements in pelvic radiotherapy using electronic portal imaging

1996 • 39 citations

Automatic three-dimensional expansion of structures applied to determination of the clinical target volume in conformal radiotherapy

1997 • 35 citations

An estimate of the margin required when defining blocks around the prostate

1995 • 27 citations

Sizes and sources of field placement error in routine irradiation for prostate cancer

1993 • 26 citations

Automated planning target volume generation: An evaluation pitting a computer-based tool against human experts

1997 • 20 citations

Development of automated image analysis tools for verification of radiotherapy field accuracy with an electronic portal imaging device

1995 • 3 citations