Development and Validation of a Standardized Method for Contouring the Brachial Plexus: Preliminary Dosimetric Analysis Among Patients Treated With IMRT for Head-and-Neck Cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1362-1367

  Hall, William H ^a   Guiou, Michael ^a   Lee, Nancy Y ^b   Dublin, Arthur ^a   Narayan, Samir ^a   Vijayakumar, Srinivasan ^a   Purdy, James A ^a   Chen, Allen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Contouring; Head and neck cancer; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Radiotherapy planning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; RESONANCE; TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CONTOURING; HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 56349162665     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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