Interobserver delineation variation in lung tumour stereotactic body radiotherapy

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1017, 2012, Pages

  Persson, Gitte Fredberg ^a   Nygaard, D E ^a   Hollensen, C ^a,b   Af Rosenschöld, P Munck ^a   Mouritsen, L S ^c   Due, A K ^a   Berthelsen, A K ^a   Nyman, J ^a,d   Markova, E ^a   Roed, A P ^a   Roed, H ^a   Korreman, S ^a,e,f   Specht, L ^a,g  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTEROBSERVER DELINEATION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG TUMOR; PLEURA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOLOGIST; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84866084015     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/76424694     Document Type: Article

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