Texture analysis for the assessment of structural changes in parotid glands induced by radiotherapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 384-387

  Scalco, Elisa ^a   Fiorino, Claudio ^b   Cattaneo, Giovanni Mauro ^b   Sanguineti, Giuseppe ^c   Rizzo, Giovanna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOIMAGING AND PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiotherapy; Fractal dimension; Parotid gland shrinkage; Texture analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENTROPY; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; PAROTID GLAND; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TEXTURE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR VOLUME; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION RESPONSE; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PAROTID GLAND; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 84890058307     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2013.09.019     Document Type: Article

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