Variability of Gross Tumor Volume Delineation in Head-and-Neck Cancer Using PET/CT Fusion, Part II: The Impact of a Contouring Protocol

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-35

  Berson, Anthony M ^a   Stein, Nicholas F ^a   Riegel, Adam C ^a   Destian, Sylvie ^a   Ng, Tracy ^a   Tena, Lawrence B ^a   Mitnick, Robin J ^a   Heiba, Sherif ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

GTV delineation; Head and neck cancer; Interobserver variation; PET CT fusion

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SKILL; STUDENT T TEST; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 58749095345     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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