Functional dosimetric metrics for predicting radiation-induced lung injury in non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with chemoradiotherapy

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Radiation-induced lung injury (RILI) is an important dose-limiting toxicity during thoracic radiotherapy. The purpose of this study is to investigate single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) perfusion-weighted functional do...

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Main Authors: Wang Dongqing, Sun Jinbo, Zhu Jingyu, Li Xiaohong, Zhen Yanbo, Sui Songtao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-05-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
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Online Access:http://www.ro-journal.com/content/7/1/69