Defining a radiotherapy target with positron emission tomography

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1272-1282

  Black, Quinten C ^c   Grills, Inga S ^a   Kestin, Larry L ^a   Wong, Ching Yee O ^b   Wong, John W ^a   Martinez, Alvaro A ^a   Yan, Di ^a,b  

^a Department of Radiation Oncology ^*

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c 21ST CENTURY ONCOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

F 18 fluorodeoxyglucose; Positron emission tomography; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL STAGING; GROSS TUMOR VOLUME (GTV); NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER (NSCLC); STANDARDIZED UPTAKE VALUE (SUV);

ONCOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCANNING; SPHERES; TUMORS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; SIMULATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

BODY WEIGHT; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 7444232598     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.06.254     Document Type: Article

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