Quality Assurance Issues for Computed Tomography-, Ultrasound-, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Brachytherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Cormack, Robert A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Image guidance; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; ULTRASONICS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; IMAGE GUIDANCE; SINGLE IMAGES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ARTIFACTS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PEER REVIEW; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 41749108201     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.07.2389     Document Type: Article

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