Hierarchical and adaptive volume-growing methods for the PET based biologic target volume delineation for radiotherapy treatment planning

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 4293-4295

  Liu, Guocai ^a   Zhu, Suyu ^b   Wang, Yaonan ^a   Zhang, Jiutang ^b   Hu, Bingqiang ^b   Yu, Zhihao ^a   Wu, Haiyan ^a   Yang, Weili ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNAN CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

BIOLOGIC TARGET VOLUME; PARTIAL VOLUME EFFECT; RADIATION ONCOLOGISTS; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING; SIGNAL-TO-BACKGROUND RATIO; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STANDARD UPTAKE VALUES; TUMOR SEGMENTATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84863353092     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6153826     Document Type: Conference Paper

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