Evaluation of different methods of 18F-FDG-PET target volume delineation in the radiotherapy of head and neck cancer

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 439-445

  Greco, Carlo ^a   Nehmeh, Sadek A ^a   Schöder, Heiko ^a   Gönen, Mithat ^a   Raphael, Barbara ^a   Stambuk, Hilda E ^a   Humm, John L ^a   Larson, Steven M ^a   Lee, Nancy Y ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

18F FDG; PET CT; Radiotherapy; Segmentation; Target volume; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ALGORITHM; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG UPTAKE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 55249114916     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: 1537453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COC.0b013e318168ef82     Document Type: Article

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