Phantom study on radiotherapy planning using PET/CT - Delineation of GTV by evaluating SUV

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-164

  Uto, Fumiaki ^a,b   Shiba, Eiji ^a   Onoue, Seiitchi ^a   Yoshimura, Hitoshi ^a   Takada, Mami ^c   Tsuji, Yoshihiko ^b   Fukugami, Satoshi ^b   Asakawa, Isao ^b   Tamamoto, Tetsuro ^b   Hasegawa, Masatoshi ^b  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GE HealthCare Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

CT; PET; Radiotherapy planning; Standardized uptake value; Target delineation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PHANTOMS; RADIOTHERAPY;

3-D ACQUISITIONS; 3D ACQUISITION; CT; CT IMAGE; PHANTOM STUDIES; PHANTOMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING; STANDARDIZED UPTAKE VALUES; TARGET DELINEATION; TARGET VOLUMES;

SPHERES;

EID: 77950355437     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: 13499157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.09063     Document Type: Article

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