An evaluation of four CT-MRI co-registration techniques for radiotherapy treatment planning of prone rectal cancer patients

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1009, 2012, Pages 61-68

  Dean, Christopher J ^a   Sykes, J R ^a   Cooper, R A ^a   Hatfield, P ^a   Carey, B ^a   Swift, S ^a   Bacon, S E ^a   Thwaites, D ^a   Sebag Montefiore, D ^a   Morgan, A M ^a  

^a St James's Institute of Oncology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FIDUCIAL MARKER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGIST; RECTUM CARCINOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84455194628     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/11855927     Document Type: Article

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