Radiographic and Anatomic Basis for Prostate Contouring Errors and Methods to Improve Prostate Contouring Accuracy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 369-378

  McLaughlin, Patrick W ^a,b   Evans, Cheryl ^a   Feng, Mary ^a   Narayana, Vrinda ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Providence Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

GU diaphragm recognition; Prostate contour

Indexed keywords

ANATOMIC STRUCTURES; BLADDER NECK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTOURING ACCURACY; CONTOURING ERROR; CT SCAN; DATA SETS; DEFORMABLE REGISTRATION; GU DIAPHRAGM RECOGNITION; NORMAL TISSUE; PROSTATE CANCERS; SEMINAL VESICLE; TARGET DELINEATION; TRANSITION ZONE HYPERTROPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RESONANCE;

ERRORS;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER NECK; FASCIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RECTUM; REGISTRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PENIS; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PUBIC SYMPHYSIS; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMINAL VESICLES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; URETHRA;

EID: 73649141319     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.02.019     Document Type: Article

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