High-speed magnetic resonance imaging for four-dimensional treatment planning of conformal radiotherapy of moving body tumors

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 471-474

  Shimizu, Shinichi ^a   Shirato, Hiroki ^a   Aoyama, Hidefumi ^a   Hashimoto, Seiko ^a   Nishioka, Takeshi ^a   Yamazaki, Akira ^a   Kagei, Keinji ^a   Miyasaka, Kazuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Organ motion; Radiotherapy; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOVEMENT; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034265741     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00624-6     Document Type: Article

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