Redefining the target early during treatment. Can we visualize regional differences within the target volume using sequential diffusion weighted MRI?

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 329-334

  Lambrecht, Maarten ^a   Van Herck, Hans ^b   De Keyzer, Frederik ^a   Vandecaveye, Vincent ^a   Slagmolen, Pieter ^b   Suetens, Paul ^b   Hermans, Robert ^a   Nuyts, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted MRI; Head and neck cancer; Nonrigid registration

Indexed keywords

GADOBENIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUTOMATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84896388266     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2013.09.023     Document Type: Article

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