Variability of gross tumor volume in nasopharyngeal carcinoma using 11C-Choline and 18F-FDG PET/CT

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Jiang, Jun ^a   Wu, Hubing ^b   Huang, Meiyan ^a   Wu, Yao ^a   Wang, Quanshi ^b   Zhao, Jianqi ^a   Yang, Wei ^a   Chen, Wufan ^a   Feng, Qianjin ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FIRST MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE C 11; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; CARBON; CHOLINE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OBSERVER VARIATION; ONCOLOGIST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI AUTOMATIC DELINEATION METHOD; VALIDATION STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CHOLINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84941340583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131801     Document Type: Article

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