The contribution of magnetic resonance imaging to the three-dimensional treatment planning of localized prostate cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 857-865

  Debois, Marc ^a   Oyen, Raymond ^a   Maes, Frederik ^a   Verswijvel, Geert ^a   Gatti, Giovanna ^a,b   Bosmans, Hilde ^a   Feron, Michel ^a   Bellon, Erwin ^a   Kutcher, Gerald ^a   Van Poppel, Hein ^a   Vanuytsel, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; CT; MRI; Prostate

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0032720642     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00288-6     Document Type: Article

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