FDG-PET/CT-based gross tumor volume contouring for radiation therapy planning: An experimental phantom study

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 338-341

  Toya, Ryo ^a   Murakami, Ryuji ^a   Tashiro, Kuniyuki ^a   Yoshida, Morikatsu ^a   Sakamoto, Fumi ^a   Kawanaka, Koichi ^a   Shiraishi, Shinya ^a   Nakaguchi, Yuji ^b   Tsujita, Naoko ^a   Oya, Natsuo ^a   Tomiguchi, Seiji ^a   Yamashita, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gross tumor volume; Positron emission tomography; Radiation therapy planning; Standardized uptake value; Threshold

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRONS; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

BACKGROUND RATIO; CONTOURING; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE-POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHIES; GROSS TUMOR VOLUME; RADIATION THERAPY PLANNING; STANDARDIZED UPTAKE VALUES; THERAPY PLANNING; THRESHOLD; THRESHOLD-VALUE; VOLUME RATIO;

SPHERES;

EID: 84863459320     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: 13499157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.10183     Document Type: Article

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