Definition of the prostate in CT and MRI: A multi-observer study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-66

  Rasch, Coen ^a   Barillot, Isabelle ^b   Remeijer, Peter ^a   Touw, Adriaan ^a   Van Herk, Marcel ^a   Lebesque, Joos V ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE GEORGES FRANÇOIS LECLERC   (France)

Author keywords

3D conformal radiotherapy; Computer tomography; Intermodality variation; Interobserver variation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SEMINAL VESICLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; URETHROGRAPHY;

AGED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032930340     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00351-4     Document Type: Article

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