FDG-PET/CT integration: impact on tumour localization and dose volume histograms in radiation therapy
| Autor: | J.M. Balogh, Kathy Mah, Yee C. Ung, Curtis B. Caldwell, C.E. Danjoux |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Lung medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Cancer Image registration Magnetic resonance imaging medicine.disease Functional imaging Radiation therapy medicine.anatomical_structure Positron emission tomography medicine Radiology business Nuclear medicine Prospective cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (Cat. No.00CH37143). |
| DOI: | 10.1109/iembs.2000.897907 |
| Popis: | Conventional radiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is often unable to achieve local control. For this reason, 3DCRT with dose escalation is being investigated as a means of improving outcome. It is essential to accurately define the gross tumour volume (GTV) for 3DCRT to succeed. Unfortunately, anatomic imaging techniques such as CT or MRI are often unable to distinguish tumour from normal tissue. Functional imaging with /sup 18/F-FDG PET has the potential to define the GTV more accurately. A prospective study of the use of FDG-hybrid-PET images fused to CT simulation images in radiotherapy treatment planning for NSCLC is described. In a significant fraction of cases, the addition of functional information produces dramatic changes both in the GTV and in dose volume histograms for normal tissues. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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