Automated functional image-guided radiation treatment planning for rectal cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 893-900

  Ciernik, Ilja Frank ^a   Huser, Marius ^b   Burger, Cyrill ^a   Davis, J Bernard ^a   Szekely, Gabor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Functional imaging; Positron emission tomography; Preoperative radiotherapy; Radiotherapy planning; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS;

INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY (IMRT); PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; STANDARDIZED ALGORITHMS;

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; TUMOR VOLUME;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 20344402287     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.12.089     Document Type: Article

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