Historically, anatomical CT and MR images were used to delineate the gross tumour
volumes (GTVs) for radiotherapy treatment planning. The capabilities offered by modern …

The use of ionizing radiation for cancer treatment has undergone extraordinary development
during the past hundred years. The advancement of medical imaging has been critical in …

18F-FDG PET/CT allows the direct measurement of metabolic tumor burden in a variety of
different malignancies. The aim of this study was to assess whether metabolic tumor volume …

Purpose To investigate the use and efficiency of 3‐D deep learning, fully convolutional
networks (DFCN) for simultaneous tumor cosegmentation on dual‐modality nonsmall cell …

18F‐FDG PET plays an increasing role in diagnosis and management planning of head and
neck cancer. Hybrid PET/CT has promoted the field of molecular imaging in head and neck …

In clinical diagnosis, positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET-CT)
images containing complementary information are fused. Tumor segmentation based on …

Purpose Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) and fluorodeoxyglucose
positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) are oncological …

PURPOSE: To determine the impact of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission
tomography (PET) in radiotherapy target delineation and patient management for head and …

The role of positron emission tomography (PET) during the past decade has evolved rapidly
from that of a pure research tool to a methodology of enormous clinical potential. 18F …

PURPOSE: To investigate the feasibility and accuracy of an automated method to validate
gross tumor volume (GTV) delineations with pathology in laryngeal and hypopharyngeal …