The value of magnetic resonance imaging in target volume delineation of base of tongue tumours - A study using flexible surface coils

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-167

  Ahmed, Merina ^a   Schmidt, Maria ^a   Sohaib, Aslam ^a   Kong, Christine ^a   Burke, Kevin ^a   Richardson, Cheryl ^a   Usher, Marianne ^a   Brennan, Sinead ^b   Riddell, Angela ^a   Davies, Mark ^a   Newbold, Kate ^a   Harrington, Kevin J ^a,c   Nutting, Christopher M ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MRI; Oropharynx; Volume delineation

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; GADOTERATE MEGLUMINE; MAGNAVISTA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SPINAL CORD; TONGUE TUMOR; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; VOLUMETRY;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEGLUMINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77249137219     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.12.021     Document Type: Article

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