Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 94, Issue 2 , Pages 161-167 , February 2010

The value of magnetic resonance imaging in target volume delineation of base of tongue tumours – A study using flexible surface coils

  • Merina Ahmed

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Radiotherapy, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ, UK.
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  • Maria Schmidt

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Research UK Clinical Magnetic Resonance Group, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Surrey, UK
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  • Aslam Sohaib

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
    • ,
  • Christine Kong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
    • ,
  • Kevin Burke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
    • ,
  • Cheryl Richardson

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Research UK Clinical Magnetic Resonance Group, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Surrey, UK
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  • Marianne Usher

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Research UK Clinical Magnetic Resonance Group, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Surrey, UK
    • ,
  • Sinead Brennan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
    • ,
  • Angela Riddell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
    • ,
  • Mark Davies

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
    • ,
  • Kate Newbold

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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  • Kevin J. Harrington

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
    • The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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  • Christopher M. Nutting

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
    • The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK

Received 19 October 2009 ,Revised 16 December 2009 ,Accepted 20 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.12.021

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