Cone beam CT verification for oesophageal cancer - Impact of volume selected for image registration

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1183-1190

  Hawkins, Maria A ^a   Aitken, Alexandra ^a   Hansen, Vibeke N ^b   McNair, Helen A ^a   Tait, Diana M ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VERTEBRA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 80155195230     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2011.572912     Document Type: Article

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