FDG-PET-Based Radiotherapy Planning in Lung Cancer: Optimum Breathing Protocol and Patient Positioning-An Intraindividual Comparison

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-111

  Grgic, Aleksandar ^a   Nestle, Ursula ^a   Schaefer Schuler, Andrea ^a   Kremp, Stephanie ^a   Kirsch, Carl Martin ^a   Hellwig, Dirk ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer assisted image analysis; Computer assisted radiotherapy planning; Non small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC); Positron emission tomography; Spiral computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGMS; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; GLUCOSE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRONS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RADIOTHERAPY; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; TOMOGRAPHY;

ALIGNMENT SCORES; AORTIC ARCHES; BREATH HOLDS; COREGISTERED; CT SCANS; DATA SETS; FDG PETS; LARGEST DEVIATIONS; LUNG CANCERS; LUNG CARCINOMATA; NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CARCINOMA (NSCLC); PATIENT POSITIONING; PET SCANS; PLANNING PROCESSES; POSITRON EMISSIONS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING; SPIRAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HEART; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE; STERNUM;

AGED; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTURE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57649104941     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.03.063     Document Type: Article

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