Threshold segmentation for PET target volume delineation in radiation treatment planning: The role of target-to-background ratio and target size

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1207-1213

  Brambilla, M ^a   Matheoud, R ^a   Secco, C ^a   Loi, G ^a   Krengli, M ^b   Inglese, E ^b  

^a MAGGIORE DELLA CARITÀ HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

FDG PET; Radiation therapy; Target volume; Thresholding

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE; LINEAR REGRESSION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; SCANNING; SPHERES;

FDG PET; INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; MULTIVARIABLE APPROACH; RADIATION TREATMENT PLANNING; TARGET VOLUME DELINEATION; TARGET VOLUMES; THRESHOLDING;

PHANTOMS;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 41449113366     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2870215     Document Type: Article

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