Comparison of measurements of the uterus and cervix obtained by magnetic resonance and transabdominal ultrasound imaging to identify the brachytherapy target in patients with cervix cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 860-865

  Van Dyk, Sylvia ^a   Kondalsamy Chennakesavan, Srinivas ^b   Schneider, Michal ^c   Bernshaw, David ^a   Narayan, Kailash ^a,d  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTABLE LIMIT; COMPARISON OF MEASUREMENTS; IMAGING MODALITY; LONGITUDINAL AXIS; MEASUREMENT POINTS; MEASUREMENTS OF; METHODS AND MATERIALS; TRANSABDOMINAL ULTRASOUNDS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SURFACES; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

APPLICATORS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TARGET ORGAN; TRANSABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTERUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896715875     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.12.004     Document Type: Article

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