Clinical use of positron emission tomography for radiotherapy planning – Medical physics considerations
PET/CT imaging plays an increasing role in radiotherapy treatment planning. The aim of this article was to identify the major use cases and technical as well as medical physics challenges during integration of these data into treatment planning. Dedicated aspects, such as (i) PET/CT-based radiothera...
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| description | PET/CT imaging plays an increasing role in radiotherapy treatment planning. The aim of this article was to identify the major use cases and technical as well as medical physics challenges during integration of these data into treatment planning. Dedicated aspects, such as (i) PET/CT-based radiotherapy simulation, (ii) PET-based target volume delineation, (iii) functional avoidance to optimized organ-at-risk sparing and (iv) functionally adapted individualized radiotherapy are discussed in this article. Furthermore, medical physics aspects to be taken into account are summarized and presented in form of check-lists. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-903219b4d15e4108ba7d1aa5af9424db2023-12-20T07:33:24ZengElsevierZeitschrift für Medizinische Physik0939-38892023-02-013311321Clinical use of positron emission tomography for radiotherapy planning – Medical physics considerationsDaniela Thorwarth0Address: Section for Biomedical Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.; Section for Biomedical Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), partner site Tübingen; and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, GermanyPET/CT imaging plays an increasing role in radiotherapy treatment planning. The aim of this article was to identify the major use cases and technical as well as medical physics challenges during integration of these data into treatment planning. Dedicated aspects, such as (i) PET/CT-based radiotherapy simulation, (ii) PET-based target volume delineation, (iii) functional avoidance to optimized organ-at-risk sparing and (iv) functionally adapted individualized radiotherapy are discussed in this article. Furthermore, medical physics aspects to be taken into account are summarized and presented in form of check-lists.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0939388922000939RadiotherapyTreatment planningPET-based contouringFunctionally adapted radiotherapyDose painting |
| spellingShingle | Daniela Thorwarth Clinical use of positron emission tomography for radiotherapy planning – Medical physics considerations Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik Radiotherapy Treatment planning PET-based contouring Functionally adapted radiotherapy Dose painting |
| title | Clinical use of positron emission tomography for radiotherapy planning – Medical physics considerations |
| title_full | Clinical use of positron emission tomography for radiotherapy planning – Medical physics considerations |
| title_fullStr | Clinical use of positron emission tomography for radiotherapy planning – Medical physics considerations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clinical use of positron emission tomography for radiotherapy planning – Medical physics considerations |
| title_short | Clinical use of positron emission tomography for radiotherapy planning – Medical physics considerations |
| title_sort | clinical use of positron emission tomography for radiotherapy planning medical physics considerations |
| topic | Radiotherapy Treatment planning PET-based contouring Functionally adapted radiotherapy Dose painting |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0939388922000939 |
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