Three-dimensional atlas of lymph node topography based on the visible human data set

Anatomical Record - Part B New Anatomist

Volumn 289, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 98-111

  Qatarneh, Sharif M ^a,b   Kiricuta, Ion Christian ^c   Brahme, Anders ^d   Tiede, Ulf ^e   Lind, Bengt K ^f  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Institute of Radiation Oncology   (Germany)

^d Department of Medical Radiation Physics at KI ^*  (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^f Radiation Biology Research Group   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Lymph node atlas; Lymphatic anatomy; Radiation treatment planning; Three dimensional topography; Visible human; Whole body atlas

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DATA ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOPOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LYMPH NODES; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MODELS, ANATOMIC;

EID: 33745686743     PISSN: 15524906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.b.20102     Document Type: Article

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