The conformal radiotherapy of brain tumours;La radiotherapie conformationnelle des tumeurs cerebrales

Cancer/Radiotherapie

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 407-413

  Haie Meder, C ^a   Beaudre A ^a   Breton, C ^a   Biron, B ^a   Cordova, A ^a   Dubray, B ^b   Mazeron, J J ^c  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Brain tumours; Conformal radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DEVICE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; REVIEW; SKULL BASE TUMOR; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION DOSE; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033543449     PISSN: 12783218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1278-3218(00)87978-0     Document Type: Article

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