RHyThM, a tool for analysis of PDOS formatted hyperthermia treatment data generated by the BSD2000/3D system

International Journal of Hyperthermia

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-184

  Fatehi, Daryoush ^a   De Bruijne, Maarten ^a   Van Der Zee, Jacoba ^a   Van Rhoon, Gerard C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BSD2000; Hyperthermia; Quality assurance; Temperature data analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DEVICE; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PELVIS TUMOR; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOFREQUENCY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PELVIS; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; TEMPERATURE; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; VAGINA;

EID: 33646428952     PISSN: 02656736     EISSN: 14645157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02656730600597459     Document Type: Article

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