Image guidance protocols: Balancing imaging parameters against scan time

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 86, Issue 1032, 2013, Pages

  Bates, A M ^a,b   Scaife, J E ^a,c   Tudor, G S J ^a,b,c   Jena, R ^a,c   Romanchikova, M ^a,b   Dean, J C ^b   Hoole, A C F ^a,b   Simmons, M P D ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMAGING; MECHANICS; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; STAFF TRAINING; THICKNESS; TIME; TOMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; MALE; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES; METHODOLOGY;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888596605     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20130385     Document Type: Article

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