The Use of Medical Images in Planning and Delivery of Radiation Therapy

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 327-339

  Kalet, Ira J ^a   Austin Seymour, Mary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE DESIGN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0031228687     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1997.0040327     Document Type: Review

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