Intraobserver and Interobserver Variability in GTV Delineation on FDG-PET-CT Images of Head and Neck Cancers

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 763-770

  Breen, Stephen L ^a,b   Publicover, Julia ^a   De Silva, Shiroma ^a   Pond, Greg ^a   Brock, Kristy ^a,b   O'Sullivan, Brian ^a,b   Cummings, Bernard ^a,b   Dawson, Laura ^a,b   Keller, Anne ^b,c   Kim, John ^a,b   Ringash, Jolie ^a,b   Yu, Eugene ^b,c   Hendler, Aaron ^b,c   Waldron, John ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

18F fluorodeoxyglucose; Head and neck cancer; PET CT; Radiotherapy; Target volume delineation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE; NEUROLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

INTRAOBSERVER VARIABILITY; TARGET VOLUME DELINEATION;

ONCOLOGY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; IODIXANOL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249340502     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.12.039     Document Type: Article

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