A three-dimensional CT-based target definition for elective irradiation of the neck

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-39

  Nowak, Peter J C M ^a   Wijers, Oda B ^a   Lagerwaard, Frank J ^a   Levendag, Peter C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conformal therapy; Dry mouth; Elective; Lymph node levels; Neck; Radiation; Three dimensional; Xerostomia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; XEROSTOMIA;

CADAVER; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032788053     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00049-8     Document Type: Article

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