Interobserver variations in gross tumor volume delineation of brain tumors on computed tomography and impact of magnetic resonance imaging

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 49-59

  Weltens, Caroline ^a   Menten, Johan ^a   Feron, Michel ^a   Bellon, Erwin ^a   Demaerel, Philippe ^a   Maes, Frederik ^a   Van Den Bogaert, Walter ^a   Van Der Schueren, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Computer tomography; Intermodality variation; Interobserver variation; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035400593     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(01)00371-1     Document Type: Article

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