Improving treatment planning accuracy through multimodality imaging

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 117-124

  Sailer, Scott L ^a   Rosenman, Julian G ^a,b   Soltys, Mitchel ^a   Cullip, Tim J ^a   Chen, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CB 3175 Sitterson Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

3D treatment planning; Image registration; Multimodality imaging

Indexed keywords

CARMUSTINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0029984468     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)85019-X     Document Type: Article

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