A population-based atlas and clinical target volume for the head-and-neck lymph nodes

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1301-1311

  Poon, Ian ^a,d   Fischbein, Nancy ^b   Lee, Nancy ^c   Akazawa, Pamela ^b   Xia, Ping ^b   Quivey, Jeanne ^b   Phillips, Theodore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical target volume; Head and neck cancer; Imaging based; Lymph node atlas; Target definition

Indexed keywords

NECK CANCER; RADIOLOGIST;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGY; TUMORS;

ONCOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLIVUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; ISOTOPE LABELING; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; NECK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEAD; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MANDIBLE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; NECK;

EID: 3242738633     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.01.038     Document Type: Article

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