Journal:
:iranian journal of radiation research
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s. r. mahdavi medical physics department of iran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
e. jazayeri gharehbagh department of radiology and radiotherapy technology, school of allied health sciences, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
b. mofid 3radiotherapy department of shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
a. h. jafari research center of biomedical technology and robotics, tehran university of medial sciences, tehran, iran
a. r. nikoofar radiotherapy department of iran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
background: to correct patient positioning errors (setup errors) during prostate cancer treatment using epid and fiducial gold markers, to improve the accuracy of the dose delivery in these patients. materials and methods: fifteen patients with localized prostate carcinoma after implantation of fiducial gold markers in their prostate gland underwent the five-field imrt planning technique. the p...