Laryngeal tumor volume measurements determined with CT: A study on intra- and interobserver variability

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 553-557

  Hermans, Robert ^a   Feron, Michel ^a   Bellon, Erwin ^a   Dupont, Patrick ^b   Van Den Bogaert, Walter ^a   Baert, Albert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diagnostic radiology; Larynx CT; Larynx neoplasms; Larynx therapeutic radiology; Observer performance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; LARYNX TUMOR; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032005347     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00853-5     Document Type: Article

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