Static and moving phantom studies for radiation treatment planning in a positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET/CT) system

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 579-586

  Okubo, Mitsuru ^a   Nishimura, Yasumasa ^a   Nakamatsu, Kiyoshi ^a   Okumura, Masahiko ^a   Shibata, Toru ^a   Kanamori, Shuichi ^a   Hanaoka, Kouhei ^a   Hosono, Makoto ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Appropriate threshold values; Internal target volume (ITV); Phantom experiments; Positron emission tomography (PET); Radiation treatment planning

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ARTIFACTS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MOTION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 50949111997     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-008-0166-8     Document Type: Article

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