PET/CT Based Dose Planning in Radiotherapy

Anne Kiil Berthelsen, Annika Loft Jakobsen, Wendy Sapru, Claus Andrup Kristensen, Charlotte Christensen, Henrik Roed, Liselotte Højgaard, Svend Aage Engelholm, Thomas Bjørk-Eriksson

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    Abstract

    This mini-review describes how to perform PET/CT based radiotherapy dose planning and the advantages and possibilities obtained with the technique for radiation therapy. Our own experience since 2002 is briefly summarized from more than 2,500 patients with various malignant diseases undergoing radiotherapy planning with PET/CT prior to the treatment. The PET/CT, including the radiotherapy planning process as well as the radiotherapy process, is outlined in detail. The demanding collaboration between mould technicians, nuclear medicine physicians and technologists, radiologists and radiology technologists, radiation oncologists, physicists, and dosimetrists is emphasized. We strongly believe that PET/CT based radiotherapy planning will improve the therapeutic output in terms of target definition and non-target avoidance and will play an important role in future therapeutic interventions in many malignant diseases.
    OriginalsprogEngelsk
    TidsskriftCurrent Medical Imaging Reviews
    Vol/bind7
    Udgave nummer3
    Sider (fra-til)210-215
    Antal sider6
    ISSN1573-4056
    DOI
    StatusUdgivet - aug. 2011

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