Image Guided Radiation Therapy

Preferred Label : Image Guided Radiation Therapy;

NCIt synonyms : Image-Guided Radiotherapy;

NCIt related terms : IGRT; image-guided radiation therapy;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: A procedure that uses a computer to create a picture of a tumor to help guide the radiation beam during radiation therapy. The pictures are made using CT, ultrasound, X-ray, or other imaging techniques. Image-guided radiation therapy makes radiation therapy more accurate and causes less damage to healthy tissue.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000662962; CDR0000662961;

Details

Origin ID

C62727;

UMLS CUI

C3179062;

Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- radiotherapy, Image-Guided [MeSH Descriptor]
- radiotherapy, Image-Guided [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Image guided radiation therapy [MedDRA LLT]
- radiotherapy, Image-Guided [MeSH concept]
- radiotherapy, Image-Guided [MeSH Descriptor]
concept_is_in_subset
- CTRP Intervention Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]

Keyword's position in hierarchy(ies) :

You can consult :

recommendations
documents concerning education
documents for patients