A study on the tumor volume computation between different 3D treatment planning systems in radiotherapy

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 168-173

  Prabhakar, Ramachandran ^a   Rath, Goura Kishor ^a   Haresh, Kunhi Parambath ^a   Manoharan, Nalliah ^a   Laviraj, MacHerla Anjaneyulu ^a   Rajendran, Molaiyan ^a   Julka, Pramod Kumar ^a  

^a INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

CT scanning; delineation; DICOM; treatment planning systems; tumor volume

Indexed keywords

ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; OROPHARYNX CANCER; RECTUM CANCER; RETINOBLASTOMA; STOMACH CANCER; TONSIL CANCER; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 79960825642     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 19984138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.82917     Document Type: Article

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