3D-Segmentation of the 18F-choline PET signal for target volume definition in radiation therapy of the prostate

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-30

  Ciernik, I Frank ^a,b   Brown, Derek W ^a   Schmid, Daniel ^a   Hany, Thomas ^a   Egli, Peter ^a   Davis, J Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b OSPEDALE SAN GIOVANNI   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

18Fluoro choline; Functional imaging; Image guided therapy; PET; PET CT; Prostate cancer; Radiation oncology; Radiotherapy planning

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE F 18; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHOLINE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUOROMETHYLCHOLINE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CANCER PATIENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PROSTATE; PROSTATE TUMOR; SCINTISCANNING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CHOLINE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 33847738615     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460700600104     Document Type: Article

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