Semiquantification and classification of local pulmonary function by V/Q single photon emission computed tomography in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: Potential indication for radiotherapy planning

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-78

  Yuan, Shuanghu ^a,b   Frey, Kirk A ^c   Gross, Milton D ^c   Hayman, James A ^a   Arenberg, Doug ^d   Curtis, Jeffrey L ^d   Cai, Xu Wei ^a   Ramnath, Nithya ^d   Kalemkerian, Gregory P ^d   Ten Haken, Randall K ^a   Eisbruch, Avraham ^a   Kong, Feng Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SHANDONG CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

^c Division of Nuclear Medicine   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Non small cell lung cancer; Perfusion; Radiotherapy; Single photon emission computerized tomography; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 78651080860     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181f77b40     Document Type: Article

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