Measurements of radiation-induced skin changes in breast-cancer radiation therapy using ultrasonic imaging

BioMedical Engineering and Informatics: New Development and the Future - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, BMEI 2008

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 718-722

  Liu, Tian ^a   Zhou, Jun ^a   Osterman, K Sunshine ^b   Zhang, Pengpeng ^c   Woodhouse, Shermian A ^a   Schiff, Peter B ^a   Kutcher, Gerald J ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Saint Vincents Comprehensive Cancer Center   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATICS; RADIATION THERAPY;

ACOUSTIC IMAGING; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOPHYSICS; CORRELATION METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONICS;

SKIN;

EID: 51649117358     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BMEI.2008.224     Document Type: Conference Paper

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