Magnetic Resonance Imaging Protocol Optimization for Delineation of Gross Tumor Volume in Hypopharyngeal and Laryngeal Tumors

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 630-636

  Verduijn, Gerda M ^a   Bartels, Lambertus W ^b   Raaijmakers, Cornelis P J ^a   Terhaard, Chris H J ^a   Pameijer, Frank A ^b   van den Berg, Cornelis A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hypopharyngeal carcinoma; Laryngeal carcinoma; MRI; Tumor delineation; Tumor imaging

Indexed keywords

CO REGISTRATIONS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY DATUM; GROSS TUMOR VOLUMES; HIGH QUALITIES; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGES; HYPOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA; HYPOPHARYNX; IMAGING PROTOCOLS; LARYNGEAL CARCINOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES; MOTION ARTEFACTS; MR SCANNERS; MR-IMAGES; MRI; OPTIMAL RECEIVERS; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING; RECEIVER COILS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIOS; SLICE THICKNESS; SNR VALUES; SURFACE COILS; T2 WEIGHTED; TUMOR IMAGING;

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOTHERAPY; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TOMOGRAPHY;

TUMORS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX TUMOR; IMAGE QUALITY; LARYNX TUMOR; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 65449143672     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.01.014     Document Type: Article

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