Segmentation of positron emission tomography images: Some recommendations for target delineation in radiation oncology

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 302-307

  Lee, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Image segmentation; Positron emission tomography; Radiation oncology; Target delineation; Uptake threshold; Validation methodology

Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; ONCOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77956185538     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.07.003     Document Type: Review

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