Feasibility of using MRI alone for 3D radiation treatment planning in brain tumors

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 405-411

  Prabhakar, R ^a   Julka, P K ^a   Ganesh, T ^a   Munshi, A ^a   Joshi, R C ^a   Rath, G K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

3D CRT; Brain tumors; Computed tomography; MRI

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHOROID PLEXUS PAPILLOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DOSIMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MENINGIOMA; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 34547868494     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hym050     Document Type: Article

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