Individual radiation response of parotid glands investigated by dynamic 11C-methionine PET

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 262-269

  Buus, Simon ^a,b   Grau, Cai ^b   Munk, Ole Lajord ^a   Rodell, Anders ^a,c   Jensen, Kenneth ^b   Mouridsen, Kim ^c   Keiding, Susanne ^a,d  

^a PET Centre   (Denmark)

^b Department of Oncology ^*  (Denmark)

^c Centre for Functionally Integrative Neuroscience (CFIN)   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

IMRT; Parotid sparing RT; Radiobiology; Radiosensitivity; Xerostomia

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE C 11;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PAROTID GLAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; REGISTER; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID GLAND; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33646467723     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2006.02.013     Document Type: Article

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