Tracking lung tumors in respiratory-gated PET images
Published
26 April 2011
| Article by Australasian Radiology 2011
| Tags:
applied-imaging-technology,
computer-in-radiology,
nuclear-imaging,
radiation-oncology-imaging.
Tracking lung tumors in respiratory-gated PET images
Abstract
Introduction Positron emission tomography (PET) is a state‐of‐the‐art functional imaging technique used in the accurate detection of cancer. The main problem with the tumours present in the lungs is that they are non‐stationary during each respiratory cycle. Tumours in the lungs can get displaced up to 2.5 cm during respiration. Accurate detection of the tumour enables avoiding the addition of extra margin around the tumour that is usually used during radiotherapy treatment planning.
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