title: Intraprostatic fiducial markers: a potential application for ultrasound-guided radiotherapy in prostate cancer.
abstract: We report on a two-phase test performed to assess the ability of the ultrasound-based B-mode acquisition and targeting (BAT) trans-abdominal system to identify non-dedicated fiducial markers implanted into the prostate gland for subsequent image-guided radiotherapy.Although further investigation is warranted in order to identify the optimal echogenic marker and to define its potential use for image-guided radiotherapy in prostate cancer patients, we demonstrate the feasibility of the BAT system for the visualization of non-ultrasound-dedicated markers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, European Institute of Oncology, 20141 Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vavassori
authors.forename: Ba
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jereczek-Fossa
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zerini
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Cicco
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cambria
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authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cattani
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authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Garibaldi
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authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ciocca
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Orecchia