Radiation Treatment Planning Using Positron Emission and Computed Tomography for Lung and Pharyngeal Cancers: A Multiple-Threshold Method for [18F]Fluoro-2-Deoxyglucose Activity

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 350-356

  Okubo, Mitsuru ^a   Nishimura, Yasumasa ^a   Nakamatsu, Kiyoshi ^a   Okumura, Masahiko ^a   Shibata, Toru ^a   Kanamori, Shuichi ^a   Hanaoka, Kouhei ^a   Hosono, Makoto ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

FDG; Positron emission tomography; Radiation treatment planning; Threshold value

Indexed keywords

AXIAL PLANES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; GROSS TUMOR VOLUME; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODE; MULTIPLE THRESHOLD; POSITRON EMISSION; RADIATION THERAPY; RADIATION TREATMENT PLANNING; RESPIRATORY MOTIONS; STANDARDIZED UPTAKE VALUES; THRESHOLD METHODS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BODY FLUIDS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONS; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; POSITRONS; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SIZE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNX CANCER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951827201     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.05.025     Document Type: Article

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