T1/T2*-weighted MRI provides clinically relevant pseudo-CT density data for the pelvic bones in MRI-only based radiotherapy treatment planning

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 612-618

  Kapanen, Mika ^a   Tenhunen, Mikko ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC GIRDLE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING PHANTOM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING SYSTEM; SEMINAL VESICLE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TRABECULAR BONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES; PELVIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84872042898     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2012.692883     Document Type: Article

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