Dosimetric impact of interobserver variability in MRI-based delineation for cervical cancer brachytherapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-19

  Hellebust, Taran Paulsen ^a,b,c   Tanderup, Kari ^d,e   Lervåg, Christoffer ^f   Fidarova, Elena ^g   Berger, Daniel ^h   Malinen, Eirik ^a,c   Pötter, Richard ^h   Petrič, Primož ⁱ  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f Child Habilitation Unit   (Norway)

^g INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^h MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cervical cancer; Interobserver variability

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOTHERAPY EQUIPMENT; RECTUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, INTERVENTIONAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; TUMOR BURDEN; UNCERTAINTY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84878249515     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2012.12.017     Document Type: Article

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