Image-fusion of MR spectroscopic images for treatment planning of gliomas

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-40

  Chang, Jenghwa ^a   Thakur, Sunitha ^a   Perera, Gerard ^a   Kowalski, Alex ^a   Huang, Wei ^a   Karimi, Sasan ^a   Hunt, Margie ^a   Koutcher, Jason ^a   Fuks, Zvi ^a   Amols, Howard ^a   Narayana, Ashwatha ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Glioma; Image fusion; IMRT dose painting; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy imaging (MRSI); Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE FUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEDICAL COMPUTING; PATIENT REHABILITATION; TUMORS;

CLINICAL TARGET VOLUMES; DOSE PAINTINGS; FLUID ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERIES; GLIOMA; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

CHOLINE; CREATINE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 31044436014     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2128497     Document Type: Article

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