Semiautomatic method to identify the best phase for gated RT in lung region by 4D-PET/CT acquisitions

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 354-362

  Mancosu, Pietro ^a   Danna, Massimo ^b   Bettinardi, Valentino ^b   Aquilina, Mark Anthony ^b   Lobefalo, Francesca ^a   Cozzi, Luca ^c   Fogliata, Antonella ^c   Scorsetti, Marta ^a  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

4D CT; 4D PET; gated; lung tumor; organ motion; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

GATED; GATED RADIOTHERAPY; LUNG TUMOR; ORGAN MOTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY/COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; SEMI-AUTOMATIC ALGORITHMS; SEMIAUTOMATIC METHODS; SEMIAUTOMATIC TECHNIQUES;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 78650859584     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3528225     Document Type: Article

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