High definition three-dimensional ultrasound to localise the tumour bed: A breast radiotherapy planning study

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 233-241

  Coles, Charlotte E ^a   Cash, Charlotte J C ^b   Treece, Graham M ^a   Miller, Fiona N A C ^c   Hoole, Andrew C F ^d   Gee, Andrew H ^a   Prager, Richard W ^a   Sinnatamby, Ruchi ^a   Britton, Peter ^a   Wilkinson, Jenny S ^a   Purushotham, Anand D ^e   Burnet, Neil G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WEST SUFFOLK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Medical Physics ^*

^e GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Breast radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548499359     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.06.016     Document Type: Article

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