Nasopharyngeal carcinoma tumor volume measurement

Radiology

Volumn 231, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 914-921

  Chong, Vincent F H ^a   Zhou, Jia Yin ^b   Khoo, James B K ^c   Huang, Jing ^a   Lim, Tuan Kay ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance (MR), volume measurement; Nasopharynx, MR; Nasopharynx, neoplasms; Phantoms

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NASOPHARYNX; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 2442717772     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2313030358     Document Type: Article

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