Magnetic resonance imaging system for three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy and its impact on gross tumor volume delineation of central nervous system tumors

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 821-827

  Aoyama, Hidefumi ^a   Shirato, Hiroki ^a   Nishioka, Takeshi ^a   Hashimoto, Seiko ^a   Tsuchiya, Kazuhiko ^a   Kagei, Kenji ^a   Onimaru, Rikiya ^a   Watanabe, Yoshiharu ^a   Miyasaka, Kazuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Gross tumor volume; Magnetic resonance imaging; Radiotherapy; Three dimensional radiotherapy planning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGY; ONCOLOGY; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOTHERAPY;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY; VOLUME DELINEATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ACCURACY; ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CEREBELLUM INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035400367     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)01598-X     Document Type: Article

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