Investigation of geometric distortions on magnetic resonance and cone beam computed tomography images used for planning and verification of high-dose rate brachytherapy cervical cancer treatment

Brachytherapy

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 266-273

  Aubry, Jean François ^a,b   Cheung, Joey ^a   Morin, Olivier ^a   Beaulieu, Luc ^b   Hsu, I Chow ^a   Pouliot, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy treatment planning; Cervical cancer; HDR brachytherapy; MRI distortion

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CATHETER; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; GEOMETRY; HIGH DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ARTIFACTS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77954957488     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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