Biological Image-Guided Radiotherapy in Rectal Cancer: Challenges and Pitfalls

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8234292	International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics	2009	9 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Integration of MRI and FDG-PET into radiotherapy seems feasible. Gradient-based segmentation is recommended for FDG-PET. Spatial variance between MRI and FDG-PET TVs should be taken into account for target definition.

Keywords

FDG-PET/CT Image-guided radiotherapy MRI Tumor delineation tumor evolution Rectal cancer

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Physics and Astronomy Radiation

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Biological Image-Guided Radiotherapy in Rectal Cancer: Challenges and Pitfalls

Authors

Sarah M.D., Pieter Slagmolen, Johan Ph.D., John A. Ph.D., Dirk Ph.D., Frederik Ph.D., Vincent M.D., Sigrid M.D., Ph.D., Nadine M.D., Ph.D., Freddy M.D., Ph.D., Karin M.D., Ph.D.,