Feasibility Study of Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) Treatment Planning Using Brain Functional MRI

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-47

  Chang, Jenghwa ^a   Kowalski, Alex ^a   Hou, Bob ^a   Narayana, Ashwatha ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; fMRI; IMRT; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLIOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38849125448     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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