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Brain Cancer
New brain cancer study results reported from R. Prabhakar et al
November 5th, 2007
" The aim of this study was to establish whether radiation treatment planning using MRI alone could replace CT-based planning for brain tumors while retaining the dosimetric accuracy. This would help to provide a single imaging modality for both target delineation as well as treatment planning, thus saving time and resources," investigators in New Delhi, India report. "Twenty-five patients with brain tumors were scanned on a spiral CT scanner and 1.5 T MRI scanner. Three treatment plans were generated for all patients. The first plan was generated using the CT scan images with inhomogeneity correction (CT + IC); the second plan used the CT scan without inhomogeneity...
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2007-11-05)
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