Impact of FDG-PET on lung cancer delineation for radiotherapy

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-203

  Morarji, Kavita ^a   Fowler, Allan ^a   Vinod, Shalini K ^a,b   Shon, Ivan Ho ^a,b   Laurence, Jerome M ^c,d  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Delineation; FDG PET; Lung cancer; Observer variation; Radiotherapy planning

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS;

EID: 84859786941     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2012.02356.x     Document Type: Article

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