PET-guided three-dimensional treatment planning of intracavitary gynecologic implants

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1104-1110

  Mutic, Sasa ^a   Grigsby, Perry W ^a   Low, Daniel A ^a   Dempsey, James F ^a   Harms Sr, William B ^a   Laforest, Richard ^a   Bosch, Walter R ^a   Miller, Tom R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Gynecologic implants; PET; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE; PHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

BRACHYTHERAPY;

GYNECOLOGY;

ALUMINUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BLADDER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EQUIPMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OPERATING ROOM; PALPATION; PELVIS; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RECTUM; TARGET ORGAN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR SCINTISCANNING;

BRACHYTHERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHYSICS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0037086342     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)02784-5     Document Type: Article

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