An atlas-based electron density mapping method for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-alone treatment planning and adaptive MRI-based prostate radiation therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Dowling, Jason A ^a   Lambert, Jonathan ^b,c   Parker, Joel ^b   Salvado, Olivier ^a   Fripp, Jurgen ^a   Capp, Anne ^b,c   Wratten, Chris ^b,c   Denham, James W ^b,c   Greer, Peter B ^b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CALVARY MATER NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electron density; MRI; Prostate cancer; Radiotherapy planning

Indexed keywords

ATLAS-BASED METHODS; ATLAS-BASED SEGMENTATION; AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED; CHI-SQUARED VALUE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COREGISTERED; DENSITY MAPPING; DIGITALLY RECONSTRUCTED RADIOGRAPHS; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE PLANNING; HOUNSFIELD UNITS; ISOCENTERS; MRI SCAN; MULTIMODALITY IMAGE REGISTRATION; NONRIGID REGISTRATION; ORGAN SEGMENTATION; PATIENT POPULATION; PELVIC BONE; PLANNING CT; PROSTATE CANCERS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING; SCAN DATA; SIMILARITY COEFFICIENTS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; UROLOGY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANS AT RISK; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PELVIC BONES; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; RECTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 84859849568     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.11.056     Document Type: Article

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