Impact of FDG-PET/CT fused imaging on tumor volume assessment of head-and-neck squamous cell carcinoma: Intermethod and interobserver variations

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 693-699

  Murakami, R ^a   Uozumi, H ^b   Hirai, T ^b   Nishimura, R ^b   Katsuragawa, S ^b   Shiraishi, S ^b   Toya, R ^b   Tashiro, K ^b   Kawanaka, K ^b   Oya, N ^b   Tomiguchi, S ^b   Yamashita, Y ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gross tumor volume (GTV); Head and neck cancer; Interobserver variation; PET CT

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; FOOD PRESERVATION; HEALTH; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETISM; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; RESONANCE; TESTING; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS;

CLINICAL DATA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT); CONTRAST-ENHANCED; CONVENTIONAL WORKUP; CORRELATION TESTS; FDG-PET; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE-POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (FDG-PET); FUSED IMAGES; GROSS TUMOR VOLUME (GTV); HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA (HNSCC); INTEROBSERVER VARIATION; LIMITS OF AGREEMENT; LOCAL CONTROL (LC); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI); OBSERVER (OBS); SPEARMAN RANK; TUMOR VOLUMES; UK LTD. (CO); VOLUME DIFFERENCE;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

BOTTLES; CANCERS; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; EMISSION; FOOD; HEALTH; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PLASTIC CONTAINERS; PRESERVATION; RADIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; THERMOGRAPHY; TUMORS;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; LARYNX; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PHARYNX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHARYNX; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 46149083275     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850802027034     Document Type: Article

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