Volumetric visualization of head and neck CT data for treatment planning

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 693-703

  Lee, Jean S ^b   Jani, Ashesh B ^b   Pelizzari, Charles A ^b   Haraf, Daniel J ^b   Vokes, Everett E ^a   Weichselbaum, Ralph R ^b   Chen, George T Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Head; Neck; Three dimensional reconstruction; Volume visualization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PHYSICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUMETRY;

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

EID: 0033001375     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00042-5     Document Type: Article

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