Applicator reconstruction for HDR cervix treatment planning using images from 0.35 T open MR scanner

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 346-352

  Wills, Rachel ^a   Lowe, Gerry ^a   Inchley, David ^a   Anderson, Clare ^a   Beenstock, Victoria ^a   Hoskin, Peter ^a  

^a MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Applicator reconstruction; Brachytherapy; Cervix; HDR; MR; MRI

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77949298466     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.10.015     Document Type: Article

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