Tumor volume delineation in head and neck cancer with 18-fluor- fluorodeoxiglucose positron emission tomography: Adaptive thresholding method applied to primary tumors and metastatic lymph nodes

Clinical and Translational Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 283-293

  Perez Romasanta, Luis Alberto ^a   Bellon Guardia, Maria ^a   Torres Donaire, Javier ^a   Lozano Martin, Eva ^a   Sanz Martin, Miguel ^a   Velasco Jimenez, Joaquin ^b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CIUDAD REAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET CT; Head and neck cancer; Radiotherapy planning; Target volume

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PATIENT; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84876463419     PISSN: 1699048X     EISSN: 16993055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12094-012-0914-z     Document Type: Article

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