Short communication: CT-MRI image fusion for 3D conformal prostate radiotherapy: Use in patients with altered pelvic anatomy

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 69, Issue 828, 1996, Pages 1165-1170

  Lau, H Y ^a   Kagawa, K ^b   Lee, W R ^a   Hunt, M A ^a   Shaer, A H ^a   Hanks, G E ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROSARCOMA; HEMIPELVECTOMY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS; PELVIS SURGERY; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CARCINOMA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030480944     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/0007-1285-69-828-1165     Document Type: Article

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