Use of image processing techniques to assess effect of disodium pamidronate in conjunction with radiotherapy in patients with bone metastases

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 169-174

  Kouloulias, Vassilios E ^a   Dardoufas, Costas E ^a   Kouvaris, John R ^a   Antypas, Christos E ^a   Sandilos, Panagiotis H ^a   Matsopoulos, George K ^a   Vlahos, Lambros J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; DISEASES; IMAGE PROCESSING; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY;

BONE MASS;

ONCOLOGY;

PAMIDRONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BONE MASS; BONE METASTASIS; BONE PAIN; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOLYSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BONE NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIPHOSPHONATES; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOLYSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036262589     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418602753669553     Document Type: Article

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