GTV spatial conformity between different delineation methods by 18FDG PET/CT and pathology in esophageal cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 441-446

  Yu, Wen ^a   Fu, Xiao Long ^a   Zhang, Ying Jian ^a   Xiang, Jia Qing ^a   Shen, Lei ^a   Jiang, Guo Liang ^a   Chang, Joe Y ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal carcinoma; Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG); Optimal threshold; Positron emission tomography computer tomography (PET CT); Target volume delineation

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70549103329     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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