Virtual simulation in patients with breast cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 267-272

  Buchali, André ^a   Geismar, Dirk ^b   Hinkelbein, Margit ^b   Schlenger, Lorenz ^b   Zinner, Kathleen ^b   Budach, Volker ^b  

^a Ruppiner Kliniken GmbH   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast; Radiotherapy; Treatment planning; Virtual simulation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL STAFF; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0035371381     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(01)00322-X     Document Type: Article

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