Contouring the middle and inner ear on radiotherapy planning scans

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-147

  Pacholke, Heather D ^a   Amdur, Robert J ^a   Schmalfuss, Ilona M ^a   Louis, Debbie ^a   Mendenhall, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ear; Radiotherapy; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANATOMY; CALCULATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; COCHLEA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARDRUM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INNER EAR; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; MIDDLE EAR; ONCOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; TEMPORAL BONE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

EAR, INNER; EAR, MIDDLE; HUMANS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 17044413209     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.coc.0000143847.57027.16     Document Type: Review

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