Recommendations for the use of PET and PET-CT for radiotherapy planning in research projects

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1016, 2012, Pages

  Somer, E J ^a   Pike, L C ^a   Marsden, Paul K ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; STANDARD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84864842073     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/46048428     Document Type: Article

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