Motion management in positron emission tomography/computed tomography for radiation treatment planning

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 289-307

  Bettinardi, Valentino ^a,b   Picchio, Maria ^a,b   Di Muzio, Nadia ^a   Gilardi, Maria Carla ^a,b,c  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOIMAGING AND PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; BREATHING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICES; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION DEVICE; LASER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION; REVIEW; RISK; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864417066     PISSN: 00012998     EISSN: 15584623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2012.04.001     Document Type: Review

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