Validated image fusion of dedicated PET and CT for external beam radiation therapy in the head and neck area

Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-83

  Vogel, W V ^a   Schinagl, D A X ^a   Van Dalen, J A ^a   Kaanders, J H A M ^a   Oyen, W J G ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Head; Neck; Tomography, emission computed

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 40449097259     PISSN: 18244785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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