CT evaluation of hepatic injury following proton beam irradiation: Appearance, enhancement, and 3D size reduction pattern

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 655-663

  Ahmadi, Tayeb ^a   Itai, Yuji ^a   Onaya, Hiroaki ^a   Yoshioka, Hiroshi ^a   Okumura, Toshiyuki ^b   Akine, Yasuyuki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liver, neoplasms; Radiation, injurious effects; Radiotherapy Computed tomography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IRRADIATION; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PROTON BEAM THERAPY; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOTHERAPY; SIZE DETERMINATION;

ATTENUATION CURVE; BEAM IRRADIATION; DYNAMIC STUDIES; HEPATIC INJURY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; RADIATION, INJURIOUS EFFECT; RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIOTHERAPY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; REDUCTION PATTERN; SIZE-REDUCTION;

PROTON BEAMS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER INJURY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0032862277     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199909000-00002     Document Type: Article

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