Initial clinical assessment of CT-MRI image fusion software in localization of the prostate for 3D conformal radiation therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 319-325

  Kagawa, Kazufumi ^b   Lee, W Robert ^a   Schultheiss, Timothy E ^a   Hunt, Margie A ^a   Shaer, Andrew H ^a   Hanks, Gerald E ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D conformal radiation therapy; CT MRI image fusion; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

AGED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030811109     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00620-7     Document Type: Article

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