MRI-based pre-planning in patients with cervical cancer treated with three-dimensional brachytherapy

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1005, 2011, Pages 850-856

  Dolezel, Martin ^a   Odrazka, K ^a   Vanasek, J ^a   Kohlova, T ^a   Kroulik, T ^a   Kudelka, K ^a   Spitzer, D ^a   Mrklovsky, M ^a   Tichy, M ^a   Zizka, J ^b   Jalcova, L ^a  

^a Pardubice Regional Hospital   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RECTUM; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BRACHYTHERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGANS AT RISK; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80052079677     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/75446993     Document Type: Article

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