Radiation Oncology Physicists Will Need to Better Understand Medical Imaging

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-44

  Li, X Allen ^a   Hendee, William R ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

imaging knowledge; Radiation oncology imaging; radiation oncology physics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PHYSICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; X RAY FILM;

EID: 33845808739     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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