Head and neck tumor: Fractionated frameless stereotactic interstitial brachytherapy - Initial experience

Radiology

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 591-595

  Bale, Reto J ^a   Freysinger, Wolfgang ^a   Gunkel, Andreas R ^a   Vogele, Michael ^a   Sztankay, Arpad ^a   Auer, Thomas ^a   Eichberger, Paul ^a   Martin, Arno ^a   Auberger, Thomas ^a   Scholtz, Arne W ^a   Jaschke, Werner ^a   Thumfart, Walter F ^a   Lukas, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), three dimensional; Computers, examination control; Head and neck neoplasms, therapeutic radiology; Stereotaxis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW UP; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MOUTH PROTECTOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; REMISSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOUTH PROTECTORS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REMISSION INDUCTION; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033621743     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.214.2.r00fe33591     Document Type: Article

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