Variability in target volume delineation on CT scans of the breast

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1366-1372

  Hurkmans, Coen W ^a   Borger, Jacques H ^a   Pieters, Bradley R ^a   Russell, Nicola S ^a   Jansen, Edwin P M ^a   Mijnheer, Ben J ^a,b  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Conformal radiotherapy; CT based treatment planning; Target volume delineation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

BREAST TUMORS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

LEAD;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; PALPATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; TUMOR VOLUME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035424674     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)01635-2     Document Type: Article

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