1158 POSTER Can 18FDG-PET/CT scan be used to define a biological target volume (BTV) for IMRT treatment planning of non-small cell lung cancer patients?

Impact of 18FDG-PET/CT on biological tar

Impact of 18FDG-PET/CT on biological target volume (BTV) definition for treatment planning for non-small cell lung cancer patients

✍ Slobodan Devic; Nada Tomic; Sergio Faria; Geoffrey Dean; Robert Lisbona; William 📂 Article 📅 2007 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 359 KB

This work represents our effort to test feasibility of FDG-based PET/CT on target volume delineation in radiotherapy treatment planning of NSCLC patients. Different methods have been developed to enable more precise target outlining using PET: Qualitative Visual Method, CTV ¼ 2.5 SUV units, linear S