Inter-observer variability in the delineation of pharyngo-laryngeal tumor, parotid glands and cervical spinal cord: Comparison between CT-scan and MRI

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-31

  Geets, Xavier ^a   Daisne, Jean François ^a   Arcangeli, Stephano ^b   Coche, Emmanuel ^a   De Poel, Marian ^c,e   Duprez, Thierry ^a   Nardella, Grazia ^d   Grégoire, Vincent ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Azienda Hospedialiera 'A Disumma' ^*  (Italy)

^e DR BERNARD VERBEETEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CT scan; GTV; Inter observer variability; MRI; Parotid; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX TUMOR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNX TUMOR; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PHARYNX TUMOR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAROTID GLAND; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 27144441738     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2005.04.010     Document Type: Article

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