MR imaging of brain injury induced by carbon ion radiotherapy for head and neck tumors

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 159-164

  Kishimoto, Riwa ^a   Mizoe, Jun Etsu ^a   Komatsu, Shuhei ^a   Kandatsu, Susumu ^a   Obata, Takayuki ^b   Tsujii, Hirohiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon ion therapy; MR imaging; Radiation brain injury

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HEAVY ION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CARBON; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEAVY IONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745368576     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.4.159     Document Type: Article

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