Tumor Delineation Based on Time-Activity Curve Differences Assessed With Dynamic Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography in Rectal Cancer Patients

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 456-465

  Janssen, Marco H M ^a   Aerts, Hugo J W L ^a   Öllers, Michel C ^a   Bosmans, Geert ^a   Lee, John A ^b   Buijsen, Jeroen ^a   De Ruysscher, Dirk ^a   Lambin, Philippe ^a   Lammering, Guido ^a   Dekker, Andre L A J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dynamic FDG PET CT; Rectal cancer; Tumor delineation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRONS; TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; HEALTHY TISSUES; K-MEANS; ON DYNAMICS; ON TIMES; POSITRON EMISSIONS; RADIATION ONCOLOGISTS; RECTAL CANCER; SHAPE DIFFERENCES; STANDARDIZED UPTAKE VALUES; TISSUE MOTIONS; TUMOR TISSUES; TUMOR VOLUMES;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM CARCINOMA; TIME ACTIVITY CURVE; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TUMOR DELINEATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 58149337552     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.04.019     Document Type: Article

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