Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other authors / contributors: | Chua, Sue, editor.
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ISBN: | 9783319547442 3319547445 9783319547435 3319547437
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Digital file characteristics: | text file PDF
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 21, 2017).
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Summary: | This pocket book offers a succinct but comprehensive overview of the role of PET/CT in radiotherapy planning. Individual chapters are devoted to specific application of the technique to particular tumor types, including non-small cell lung, gastrointestinal, head and neck squamous cell, prostate, gynecological, and pediatric tumors. Helpful information is also presented on the practical implementation of PET/CT in routine oncological practice. Technical and logistical issues are discussed, and guidance provided on potential problems and pitfalls and available solutions. The book will be invaluable in assisting readers to exploit PET/CT's ability to significantly improve delineation of tumor tissue through the addition of metabolic information to structural imaging data, thereby avoiding unnecessary radiation injury and associated complications while enhancing therapeutic effects and minimizing the risk of marginal recurrences. It is published within the Springer series Clinicians' Guides to Radionuclide Hybrid Imaging, compiled under the auspices of the British Nuclear Medicine Society.
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Other form: | Print version: PET/CT in radiotherapy planning. Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017] 3319547437 9783319547435
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Standard no.: | 10.1007/978-3-319-54744-2
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