Automatic three-dimensional expansion of structures applied to determination of the Clinical Target Volume in conformal radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 689-696

  Belshi, Rezart ^a   Pontvert, Dominique ^a   Rosenwald, Jean Claude ^a   Gaboriaud, Geneviève ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Target volume; Three dimensional treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CALCULATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030901959     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00608-6     Document Type: Article

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