PET-based delineation of tumour volumes in lung cancer: Comparison with pathological findings

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1233-1244

  Schaefer, Andrea ^a   Kim, Yoo Jin ^a   Kremp, Stephanie ^a   Mai, Sebastian ^a   Fleckenstein, Jochen ^a   Bohnenberger, Hendrik ^a   Schäfers, Hans Joachim ^a   Kuhnigk, Jan Martin ^b   Bohle, Rainer M ^a   Rübe, Christian ^a   Kirsch, Carl Martin ^a   Grgic, Aleksandar ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER MEVIS   (Germany)

Author keywords

18F FDG; Lung cancer; Pathology; PET; Radiotherapy; Volume delineation

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; IOMEPROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; WHOLE BODY PET;

AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84879967652     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-013-2407-x     Document Type: Article

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