FDG-PET provides the best correlation with the tumor specimen compared to MRI and CT in rectal cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 270-276

  Buijsen, Jeroen ^a   Van Den Bogaard, Jørgen ^a   Janssen, Marco H M ^a   Bakers, Frans C H ^b   Engelsman, Stephanie ^b   Öllers, Michel ^a   Beets Tan, Regina G H ^b   Nap, Marius ^c   Beets, Geerard L ^b   Lambin, Philippe ^a   Lammering, Guido ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automatic contours; MR; Pathology correlation; PET CT; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; TUMOR VOLUME;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79951855139     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.11.018     Document Type: Article

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