Implementation of treatment planning in the routine clinical procedure of regional hyperthermia treatment of cervical cancer: An overview and the Rotterdam experience

International Journal of Hyperthermia

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 570-581

  Canters, Richard A M ^a   Paulides, Margarethus M ^a   Franckena, Martine F ^a   Van Der Zee, Jacoba ^a   Van Rhoon, Gerard C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; CLINICAL; Hyperthermia treatment planning; Modeling; PHYSICS

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MEDICAL DEVICE; MODEL; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; QUALITY CONTROL; SIMULATION; THERMOMETRY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORKFLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THERMOMETRY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84865316495     PISSN: 02656736     EISSN: 14645157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02656736.2012.675630     Document Type: Article

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