Cross-sectional Nodal Atlas: A Tool for the Definition of Clinical Target Volumes in Three-dimensional Radiation Therapy Planning1
Rafael Martinez-Monge, MD,
Patrick S. Fernandes, MD,
Nilendu Gupta, PhD and
Reinhard Gahbauer, MD
1 From the Division of Radiation Oncology, the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital, Ohio State University, 300 W Tenth Ave, Columbus, OH 43210. Received July 15, 1998; revision requested August 27; revision received October 16; accepted November 23, 1999. Address reprint requests to R.M.

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Figure 1. CT images depict head and neck nodal stations at levels hn01 through hn09 on the topogram in Figure 7.
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Figure 2. CT images depict head and neck nodal stations at the levels hn10 through hn18 on the topogram in Figure 7.
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Figure 3. CT images depict the nodal stations in the thorax (th).
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Figure 4. CT images depict the nodal stations in the abdomen (ab).
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Figure 5. CT images depict the nodal stations in the male pelvis (mp).
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Figure 6. CT images depict the nodal stations in the female pelvis (fp).
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Copyright © 1999 by the Radiological Society of North America.