Usefulness of CT-MRI fusion in radiotherapy planning for localized prostate cancer

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 782-788

  Tanaka, Hidekazu ^a   Hayashi, Shinya ^a   Ohtakara, Kazuhiro ^a   Hoshi, Hiroaki ^a   Iida, Takayoshi ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Gifu Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

CT MRI fusion; Prostate cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

RADIOTHERAPY; UROLOGY;

CLASSIFIEDS; CT-MRI FUSION; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; INTERMODALITY; INTRAOBSERVER VARIATIONS; LOCALIZED PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE CANCERS; PROSTATE VOLUME; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING; RECTAL DOSE;

DISEASES;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOGRAPHY; RECTUM; STATISTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 82055166819     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: 13499157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.11053     Document Type: Article

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