The potential impact of CT-MRI matching on tumor volume delineation in advanced head and neck cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 841-848

  Rasch, Coen ^a   Keus, Ronald ^a   Pameijer, Frank A ^a   Koops, Wim ^a   De Ru, Vera ^a   Muller, Saar ^a   Touw, Adriaan ^a   Bartelink, Harry ^a   Van Herk, Marcel ^a   Lebesque, Joss V ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Advanced head and neck cancer; CT MRI matching; Tumor volume delineation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ETHMOID BONE; ETHMOID SINUS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; SKULL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030657496     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00465-3     Document Type: Article

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