A new brain positron emission tomography scanner with semiconductor detectors for target volume delineation and radiotherapy treatment planning in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Katoh, Norio ^a   Yasuda, Koichi ^a   Shiga, Tohru ^a   Hasegawa, Masakazu ^a   Onimaru, Rikiya ^a   Shimizu, Shinichi ^a   Bengua, Gerard ^a   Ishikawa, Masayori ^a   Tamaki, Nagara ^a   Shirato, Hiroki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Positron emission tomography; Radiotherapy planning; Semiconductor; Target volume delineation

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH GERMANATE; BRAIN STEM; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COREGISTERED; CT IMAGE; GROSS TUMOR VOLUME; MEAN DOSE; NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA; PET DATA; PET IMAGES; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; TARGET VOLUME DELINEATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; TUMOR DELINEATION; WHOLE-BODY; WINDOW WIDTH;

BRAIN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; TUMORS;

NEUROIMAGING;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SEMICONDUCTOR; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; BISMUTH; BRAIN; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GERMANIUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84857922758     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.09.011     Document Type: Article

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