Value of Combined PET/CT for Radiation Planning in CT-Guided Percutaneous Interstitial High-Dose-Rate Single-Fraction Brachytherapy for Colorectal Liver Metastases

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1178-1185

  Steffen, Ingo G ^a   Wust, Peter ^a   Rühl, Ricarda ^b   Grieser, Christian ^a   Schnapauff, Dirk ^a   Lüdemann, Lutz ^a   Grabik, Wojciech ^a   Ricke, Jens ^b   Amthauer, Holger ^b   Hamm, Bernd ^a   Hänninen, Enrique Lopez ^a   Denecke, Timm ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

colorectal cancer; computed tomography; CT; image fusion; interstitial brachytherapy; liver metastasis; PET; Positron emission tomography; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT IMAGE; INTERSTITIAL BRACHYTHERAPY; LIVER METASTASIS;

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRONS; IMAGE FUSION; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRONS; RADIOTHERAPY; RESONANCE; TARGETS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOXETIC ACID; IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOLOGIST; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 77953606306     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.06.047     Document Type: Article

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