The importance of postoperative CT image fusion verification of stereotactic interstitial irradiation for brain tumors

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 322-328

  Viola, Arpad ^a,b,d   Major, Tibor ^c   Julow, Jeno ^b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Hungary)

^d HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

125I brachytherapy; Brain tumors; Image fusion; Verification

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMORS; CATHETER IMPLANTATION; IMAGE FUSION;

BRAIN; CATHETERS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IRRADIATION; ISOTOPES; TISSUE; TUMORS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

IODINE 125; ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN TUMOR; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TUMOR VOLUME;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4444242999     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.04.045     Document Type: Article

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