MRI alone simulation for conformal radiation therapy of prostate cancer: Technical aspects

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 160-163

  Pasquier, D ^a,b   Betrouni, N ^b   Vermandel, M ^b   Lacornerie, T ^a   Lartigau, E ^a   Rousseau, J ^b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; MRI

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSAGE; HEALTH RISKS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY;

COMPUTERIZED X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY (CT); GEOMETRICAL DISTORTION; IMAGING MODALITY; TARGET VOLUMES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSTATE TUMOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 34047137271     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260341     Document Type: Conference Paper

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