Computerized tomographic simulation compared with clinical mark-up in palliative radiotherapy: A prospective study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 824-829

  Haddad, Peiman ^a,b   Cheung, Fred ^a   Pond, Gregory ^a   Easton, Debbie ^a   Cops, Frederick ^a   Bezjak, Andrea ^a   McLean, Michael ^a   Levin, Wilfred ^a   Billingsley, Susan ^a   Williams, Diane ^a   Wong, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bone metastases; Clinical mark up; CT simulation; Palliative radiotherapy; Under coverage

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ENZYMES; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIATION PROTECTION;

BONE METASTASES; CLINICAL MARK-UP; CT SIMULATION; PALLIATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; UNDER-COVERAGE;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RIB; SCAPULA; SIMULATION; STERNUM; THORAX WALL CANCER; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

BONE NEOPLASMS; CLAVICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RIBS; SCAPULA; STERNUM; THORACIC WALL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 33646900798     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.01.034     Document Type: Article

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