Integrating functional MRI information into radiotherapy planning of CNS tumors-early experiences

Pathology and Oncology Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-217

  Kovács, Árpád ^a   Tóth, Lilla ^a   Glavák, Csaba ^a   Lakosi, Ferenc ^a   Hadjiev, Janaki ^a   Bajzik, Gábor ^a   Vandulek, Csaba ^a   Repa, Imre ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

CNS tumor; fMRI; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN STEM; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC TRACT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 80051672624     PISSN: 12194956     EISSN: 15322807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12253-010-9298-y     Document Type: Article

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