Contouring atlas
Development and validation of a standardized method for contouring the brachial plexus: preliminary dosimetric analysis among patients treated with IMRT for head-and-neck cancer
Hall WH, Guiou M, Lee NY, et al.
DoseLab summary
Describes and validates a standardized CT-based method for delineating the brachial plexus, developed in patients treated with IMRT for head and neck cancer.
Why this is useful
The widely used step-by-step method for contouring the brachial plexus on CT. Developed in head and neck patients; also applied for apical lung tumors.
Reference details
- Title
- Development and validation of a standardized method for contouring the brachial plexus: preliminary dosimetric analysis among patients treated with IMRT for head-and-neck cancer
- Authors / organization
- Hall WH, Guiou M, Lee NY, et al.
- Publication / protocol
- Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008;72(5):1362–1367
- Version
- Pending verification
- Year
- 2008
- DOI
- Pending verification
- Disease sites
- Head & Neck, Lung
- Topics
- Contouring, OAR, Brachial plexus, Atlas
- Fractionation context
- Pending verification
- Last reviewed by DoseLab
- Pending verification