Adaptive 18Fluoro-2-deoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography-based Target Volume Delineation in Radiotherapy Planning of Head and Neck Cancer

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 364-371

  Moule, R N ^a,b   Kayani, I ^b   Prior, T ^a   Lemon, C ^a   Goodchild, K ^a   Sanghera, B ^a   Wong, W L ^a   Saunders, M I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

18FDG; Adaptive; Functional volume; IMRT; Squamous cell cancer

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79955674613     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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