Guidelines for the delineation of nodal regions of the head and neck on axial computed tomography images

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Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 355-360

  Palazzi, Mauro ^a   Soatti, Carlo ^a   Bianchi, Ernestina ^a   Alterio, Daniela ^a   Baio, Ambrogia ^a   Bocci, Chiara ^a   Bonetta, Alberto ^a   Feltre, Lucia ^a   Guzzetti, Renata ^a   Jereczek Fossa, Barbara A ^a   Merlotti, Ana ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Head and neck; Nodal regions; Target delineation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE; METHODOLOGY; NECK; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; STANDARD;

EID: 0036757016     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160208800501     Document Type: Review

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