Utilization of Advanced Imaging Technologies for Target Delineation in Radiation Oncology

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 876-883

  Simpson, Daniel R ^a   Lawson, Joshua D ^a   Nath, Sameer K ^a   Rose, Brent S ^a   Mundt, Arno J ^a   Mell, Loren K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

IGRT; Image guided radiation therapy; radiation oncology; survey; target delineation

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ONCOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71549142842     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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