Comparison of CT- and FDG-PET-defined gross tumor volume in intensity-modulated radiotherapy for head-and-neck cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1385-1392

  Paulino, Arnold C ^a,b   Koshy, Mary ^a   Howell, Rebecca ^a   Schuster, David ^a   Davis, Lawrence W ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gross tumor volume; Head and neck cancer; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; PET CT; Radiotherapy planning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETERS; PATIENT TREATMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE (FDG); GROSS TUMOR VOLUME (GTV); HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY (IMRT);

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SIMULATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 16344394621     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.08.037     Document Type: Article

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