Thyroid volume measurement in external beam radiotherapy patients using ct imaging: Correlation with clinical and anthropometric characteristics

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Veres, C ^a,b,c   Garsi, J P ^a,b,c   Rubino, C ^a,b,c   Pouzoulet, F ^b,c,d   Bidault, F ^c   Chavaudra, J ^c   Bridier, A ^c   Ricard, M ^c   Ferreira, I ^c   Lefkopoulos, D ^c   De Vathaire, F ^a,b,c   Diallo, I ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^d INSERM U612   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THYROID GLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SIZE; RADIOTHERAPY; THYROID GLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149338313     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/21/N02     Document Type: Article

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