Conventional 3D staging PET/CT in CT simulation for lung cancer: Impact of rigid and deformable target volume alignments for radiotherapy treatment planning

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1006, 2011, Pages 919-929

  Hanna, Gerard G ^a,b   Van Sornsen De Koste J R ^a   Carson, K J ^c   O'Sullivan, J M ^b   Hounsell, A R ^b,d   Senan, S ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 80053065911     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/29163167     Document Type: Article

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