Quantitative MR imaging assessment of prostate gland deformation before and during MR imaging-guided brachytherapy

Academic Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 906-912

  Hirose, Masanori ^a   Bharatha, Aditya ^a   Hata, Nobuhiko ^a   Zou, Kelly H ^a   Warfield, Simon K ^a   Cormack, Robert A ^a   D'Amico, Anthony ^a   Kikinis, Ron ^a   Jolesz, Ferenc A ^a   Tempany, Clare M C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance (MR), guidance; Magnetic resonance (MR), treatment planning; Prostate, MR; Prostate, neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTATE; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035991792     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(03)80460-9     Document Type: Article

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