Early clinical evaluation of a novel three-dimensional structure delineation software tool (SCULPTER) for radiotherapy treatment planning

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 968, 2008, Pages 643-652

  McBain, C A ^a   Moore, C J ^b   Green, M M L ^a   Price, G ^b   Sykes, J S ^b   Amer, A ^b   Khoo, V S ^a   Price, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORGAN SIZE; PILOT STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE CREATION USING LIMITED POINT TOPOLOGY EVIDENCE IN RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 48249100901     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/81762224     Document Type: Article

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