PET/CT in Radiotherapy Planning (Clinicians’ Guides to Radionuclide Hybrid Imaging)

✍ Scribed by Sue Chua (editor)

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 87
• Edition: 1st ed. 2017
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This pocket book offers a succinct but comprehensive overview of the role of PET/CT in radiotherapy planning. Individual chapters are devoted to specific application of the technique to particular tumor types, including non-small cell lung, gastrointestinal, head and neck squamous cell, prostate, gynecological, and pediatric tumors. Helpful information is also presented on the practical implementation of PET/CT in routine oncological practice. Technical and logistical issues are discussed, and guidance provided on potential problems and pitfalls and available solutions. The book will be invaluable in assisting readers to exploit PET/CT’s ability to significantly improve delineation of tumor tissue through the addition of metabolic information to structural imaging data, thereby avoiding unnecessary radiation injury and associated complications while enhancing therapeutic effects and minimizing the risk of marginal recurrences. It is published within the Springer series Clinicians’ Guides to Radionuclide Hybrid Imaging, compiled under the auspices of the British Nuclear Medicine Society. 

✦ Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
Contributors
Part I: Radiotherapy Planning in Oncology: Science and Practice
1: Introduction
1.1 Introduction
1.2 EBRT Planning Process
1.3 Role of PET/CT in RT Planning
1.4 PET-MRI
References
Part II: PET/CT in Radiotherapy Planning - Technical and Practical Aspects
2: Instrumentation
References
3: Patient Preparation
3.1 Patient Positioning
3.2 Other Considerations
References
4: Data Acquisition, Reconstruction and Transfer
4.1 PET Acquisition and Reconstruction: Standard Options in PET Scanning
4.2 Deviation for RT Planning PET
4.3 CT Acquisition: Standard Options in Diagnostic Scanning
4.4 Deviation for RT Planning CT
4.5 Respiratory Gating
4.6 DICOM, DICOM-RT and Other Options
References
5: Sources of Artefacts: Consequences and Solutions
References
6: Advantages and Limitations
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Advantages
6.2.1 Accuracy in Disease Delineation
6.2.2 Future Potential for Individualizing Radiotherapy Treatment
6.3 Considerations and Limitations
References
7: 4D PET/CT Respiratory Gated Acquisition Techniques
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Breath-Hold Techniques
7.3 4D PET/CT
References
Part III: PET/CT in Radiotherapy Planning - Current Evidence and Applications
8: Lung Cancer
References
9: Head and Neck Cancers
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Staging
9.3 Target Volume Definition
9.4 Dose Painting and Adaptive Radiotherapy
9.5 Treatment Response Evaluation
References
10: GI Malignancy
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Rectal Cancer
10.3 Oesophageal and Pancreatic Cancer
10.4 Summary
References
11: Prostate Cancer
11.1 Patient Selection for Treatment
11.2 Target Volume Delineation
References
12: Gynaecological Cancers
12.1 Cervix Cancer
12.2 Endometrial Cancer
12.3 Novel PET Tracers
References
13: Paediatric Tumours
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Indications
13.3 Patient Preparation
13.4 Scan Protocol
13.5 Tumour Delineation
References
Index