Biological Image-Guided Radiotherapy in Rectal Cancer: Challenges and Pitfalls

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 782-790

  Roels, Sarah ^a   Slagmolen, Pieter ^b   Nuyts, Johan ^a   Lee, John A ^c   Loeckx, Dirk ^b   Maes, Frederik ^b   Vandecaveye, Vincent ^a   Stroobants, Sigrid ^a   Ectors, Nadine ^a   Penninckx, Freddy ^a   Haustermans, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Medical Imaging Research Center   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

FDG PET CT; Image guided radiotherapy; MRI; Rectal cancer; Tumor delineation; Tumor evolution

Indexed keywords

FDG-PET/CT; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; MRI; RECTAL CANCER; TUMOR DELINEATION;

ALGORITHMS; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; INTEGRATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; TELEVISION PICTURE TUBES;

TUMORS;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REMISSION INDUCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349139059     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.11.031     Document Type: Article

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