Direct reconstruction of the Vienna applicator on MR images

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 347-351

  Berger, Daniel ^a   Dimopoulos, Johannes ^a   Pötter, Richard ^a   Kirisits, Christian ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Applicator reconstruction; Brachytherapy; Cervical cancer; Modern treatment planning systems; Vienna ring applicator

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70350486915     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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