Systematic evaluation of MRI findings in different stages of treatment of cervical cancer: Potential of MRI on delineation of target, pathoanatomic structures, and organs at risk

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1380-1388

  Dimopoulos, Johannes C A ^a   Schard, Gerdi ^a   Berger, Daniel ^a   Lang, Stefan ^a   Goldner, Gregor ^a   Helbich, Thomas ^a   Pötter, Richard ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cervical cancer; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PATIENT TREATMENT; TUMORS; VISUALIZATION;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CERVICAL CANCER; PATHOANATOMIC STRUCTURES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCELE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; COLON, SIGMOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; URINARY BLADDER; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33645370498     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.10.017     Document Type: Article

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