Clinical implementation of PET/CT imaging in radiotherapy treatment planning

• Main Author: Βασιλού, Αικατερίνη
• Other Authors: Vasilou, Aikaterini
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Radiation treatment planning; PET/CT; Hybrid imaging; Image registration; Head and neck cancer; Radiotherapy; Nuclear medicine; Feasibility test; Image fusion; Σχεδιασμός πλάνου ακτινοθεραπείας; Υβριδική απεικόνιση; Καρκίνος κεφαλής-τραχήλου; Ακτινοθεραπεία; Πυρηνική ιατρική

The advent of hybrid PET/CT scanners, with coregistered functional and anatomical data, has revolutionized the management of cancer treatment and opened new possibilities for target volume delineation in radiation oncology. This thesis examined how PET/CT can be utilized for treatment planning in...