Dynamic contrast enhanced CT aiding gross tumor volume delineation of liver tumors: An interobserver variability study

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 153-157

  Jensen, Nikolaj K G ^a   Mulder, Danielle ^a   Lock, Michael ^a,b   Fisher, Barbara ^a,b   Zener, Rebecca ^c   Beech, Ben ^a   Kozak, Roman ^d   Chen, Jeff ^a   Lee, Ting Yim ^a,d,e,f   Wong, Eugene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

^c Health Sciences Centre   (Canada)

^d ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^e ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

4D CT; Contouring; CT perfusion; Dynamic contrast enhanced CT; GTV delineation; Hepatocellular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCED COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; GROSS TUMOR VOLUME; HUMAN; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER PERFUSION; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CANCER PATIENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY;

IOPAMIDOL; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84902134872     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2014.01.026     Document Type: Article

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