Prostate contouring on computer tomography (CT) images: Investigation of discrepancies between radiation oncologists and between consecutive CT for a given patient;Definition des contours prostatiques sur coupes tomodensitometriques: Etude des discordances entre radiotherapeutes et entre examens

Cancer/Radiotherapie

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 333-340

  Oozeer, R ^a   Chauvet, E ^a   Toy, B J ^a   Berger, C ^a   Garcia, R ^b   Felix Faure, C ^b   Le Thanh, H ^b   Reboul, F ^b  

^a INSTITUT SAINTE CATHERINE   (France)

^b Radiation Oncology Centers of Las Vegas   (United States)

Author keywords

3D conformal treatment planning; Prostate neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLADDER; CARCINOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIOGRAPHY; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMINAL VESICLE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CARCINOMA; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMINAL VESICLES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0033162328     PISSN: 12783218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1278-3218(99)80076-6     Document Type: Article

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