Usefulness of positron-emission tomographic images after proton therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1388-1391

  Hishikawa, Yoshio ^a   Kagawa, Kazufumi ^a   Murakami, Masao ^a,b   Sakai, Hiroto ^a   Akagi, Takashi ^a   Abe, Mitsuyuki ^a  

^a HYOGO ION BEAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon ion; Positron emission tomography; Proton; Proton therapy

Indexed keywords

ION BEAMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; PROTON BEAMS; PROTON IRRADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

PROTON RADIOTHERAPY;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

CARBON;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMED CONSENT; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRAIN; ETHMOID SINUS; HUMANS; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0036680638     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)02887-0     Document Type: Article

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