Anatomical imaging for radiotherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Evans, Philip M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; DISEASE CONTROL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL CORRELATION; QUEUEING THEORY; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOTHERAPY; RANDOM ERRORS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS; TREATMENT VERIFICATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANATOMY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; X RAY;

EID: 45949091490     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/12/R01     Document Type: Review

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