Target delineation in post-operative radiotherapy of brain gliomas: Interobserver variability and impact of image registration of MR(pre-operative) images on treatment planning CT scans

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 217-223

  Cattaneo, Giovanni Mauro ^a,d   Reni, Michele ^a   Rizzo, Giovanna ^b   Castellone, Pietro ^c   Ceresoli, Giovanni Luca ^a   Cozzarini, Cesare ^a   Ferreri, Andrés José Maria ^a   Passoni, Paolo ^a   Calandrino, Riccardo ^a  

^a HSRaffaele   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOIMAGING AND PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

High grade glioma; Image fusion; Interobserver variability; Post operative radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GLIOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRRADIATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGISTRATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 20444420115     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2005.03.012     Document Type: Article

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