Four-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging for the determination of tumour movement and its evaluation using a dynamic porcine lung phantom

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 18, 2007, Pages

  Remmert, G ^a   Biederer, J ^a   Lohberger, F ^a   Fabel, M ^a   Hartmann, G H ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUMERICAL METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY; TRAJECTORIES;

PORCINE HEART-LUNG EXPLANT; PORCINE LUNG PHANTOM; RETROSPECTIVE SORTING; SLICE STACKING;

TUMORS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXPLANT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART LUNG PREPARATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUMOR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOVEMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

EID: 35848936522     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/18/N02     Document Type: Article

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