Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): Considerations and applications in radiotherapy treatment planning

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-15

  Khoo, Vincent S ^a   Dearnaley, David P ^a   Finnigan, David J ^a   Padhani, Anwar ^a   Tanner, Steven F ^a   Leach, Martin O ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Image distortion; Image registration; Image segmentation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Radiotherapy planning

Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; BONE AND BONES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031055222     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(96)01866-X     Document Type: Review

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