PET/CT for Radiotherapy Treatment Planning in Patients With Soft Tissue Sarcomas

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 817-821

  Karam, Irene ^a   Devic, Slobodan ^a   Hickeson, Marc ^a   Roberge, David ^a   Turcotte, Robert E ^a   Freeman, Carolyn R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

MRI; PET CT; Radiotherapy treatment planning; Soft tissue sarcoma

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VOLUME; BACKGROUND RATIO; GROSS TUMOR VOLUME; HEALTHY TISSUES; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MRI; PET IMAGES; PET-CT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY/COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING; SOFT TISSUE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; STANDARD DEVIATION; STANDARDIZED UPTAKE VALUES; TARGET VOLUMES; THRESHOLD METHODS; TUMOR PHYSIOLOGY; UPTAKE VALUES;

GADOLINIUM; PATIENT MONITORING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; WHOLE BODY CT; WHOLE BODY PET;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 70349556719     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.11.055     Document Type: Article

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