Purpose: To validate a computed tomography (CT) and 18F-deoxyglucose (FDG) image
fusion procedure and to evaluate its usefulness to facilitate target definition and treatment …

Purpose: To report a retrospective study concerning the impact of fused 18F-fluoro-deoxy-d-
glucose (FDG)-hybrid positron emission tomography (PET) and CT images on three …

Purpose: Delineation of the gross tumor volume (GTV) and organs at risk constitutes one of
the most important phases of conformal radiotherapy (CRT) procedures. In the absence of a …

Aim. To prospectively evaluate the impact of co registered positron emission tomography
(PET) and computed tomography (CT) in 3D conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) planning in …

Aims and background Mediastinal elective node irradiation (ENI) in patients with non-small
cell lung cancer candidate to radical radiotherapy is controversial. In this study, the impact of …

PURPOSE: Gross tumor volume (GTV) of lung cancer defined by fast helical CT scan
represents an image of moving tumor captured at a point in active respiratory movement …

Purpose: Three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT) has recently become
widely available with applications for patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) …

Purpose: To compare the planning target volume (PTV) definitions for computed tomography
(CT) vs. positron emission tomography (PET) in non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) …

Background To investigate the utilization of PET-CT in target volume delineation for three-
dimensional conformal radiotherapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) …

Three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3DCRT) is a mode of high precision
radiotherapy which has the potential to improve the therapeutic ratio of radiation therapy for …