Magnetic Resonance-Based Treatment Planning for Prostate Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy: Creation of Digitally Reconstructed Radiographs

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 903-911

  Chen, Lili ^a   Nguyen, Thai Binh ^a   Jones, Élan ^a   Chen, Zuoqun ^a   Luo, Wei ^a   Wang, Lu ^a   Price Jr , Robert A ^a   Pollack, Alan ^a   Ma, C M Charlie ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

MR based DRRs; MRI treatment planning; Prostate cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ISCHIAL TUBEROSITY; PROSTATE CANCER;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR HEAD; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHIUM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBIC BONE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249331346     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.02.033     Document Type: Article

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