Use of three-dimensional spiral computed tomography imaging for staging and surgical planning of head and neck cancer

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 2 SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages 24-32

  Franca, Christiane ^a   Levin Plotnik, Daphne ^a   Sehgal, Vivek ^a   Chen, George T Y ^a   Ramsey, Ruth G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MC 2026 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ONCOLOGY;

MAXIMUM INTENSITY PROJECTION (MIP); MULTIPLANAR RECONSTRUCTION (MPR); SHADED SURFACE DISPLAY (SSD); THREE DIMENSIONAL SPIRAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL VOLUME RENDERING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033625269     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03167619     Document Type: Article

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