Published December 2009 | Version v1
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Comparison between CT- and FDG-PET-defined target volumes for radiotherapy planning in head-and-neck cancers

Creators

  • 1. Department of Nuclear Medicine and Department of Clinical Oncology and Radiation Oncology, CHRU Bordeaux (France)
  • 2. Department of Clinical Oncology and Radiation Oncology, CHRU Bordeaux (France)
  • 3. Department of Radiation Oncology, Institut Bergonie, Bordeaux (France)
  • 4. Department of Oto-rhino-laryngology, CHRU Bordeaux (France)

Description

Nine patients with head-and-neck cancer underwent computerized tomography (CT) simulation and [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) to compare the radiotherapy target volumes. The PET volumes were delineated with an automatic segmentation based on the source-to-background ratio. The volume comparison showed a reduction and qualitative discrepancies between the PET- and CT-volumes.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2009.09.010

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.radonc.2009.09.010;
PII
S0167-8140(09)00558-1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Radiotherapy and Oncology
Journal Volume
93
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 479-482
ISSN
0167-8140
CODEN
RAONDT

INIS

Country of Publication
Ireland
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41074336
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUORINE 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; HEAD; NECK; NEOPLASMS; PATIENTS; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; SIMULATION
Descriptors DEC
ANTIMETABOLITES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; DRUGS; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FLUORINE ISOTOPES; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MEDICINE; NANOSECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY; THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY

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