Effects of Respiration-Averaged Computed Tomography on Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Quantification and its Potential Impact on Gross Tumor Volume Delineation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 890-899

  Chi, Pai Chun Melinda ^a   Mawlawi, Osama ^a   Luo, Dershan ^a   Liao, Zhongxing ^a   Macapinlac, Homer A ^a   Pan, Tinsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

PET CT; Respiration motion artifact; Respiration averaged CT; Thoracic GTV contouring

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGMS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

RESPIRATION AVERAGED CT; RESPIRATION MOTION ARTIFACTS; THORACIC GTV CONTOURING;

TUMORS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BREATHING; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MOTION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 44349176806     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.02.064     Document Type: Article

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