Interobserver Variability in the Delineation of Gross Tumour Volume and Specified Organs-at-risk During IMRT for Head and Neck Cancers and the Impact of FDG-PET/CT on Such Variability at the Primary Site

Journal Article · Thu Jun 15 04:00:00 EDT 2017 · Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JMIR.2016.11.003· OSTI ID:22915461

Gudi, Shivakumar; Ghosh-Laskar, Sarbani; Agarwal, Jai Prakash ^[1]; Chaudhari, Suresh ^[2]; Rangarajan, Venkatesh ^[3]; Nojin Paul, Siji; Upreti, Rituraj ^[2]; Murthy, Vedang; Budrukkar, Ashwini; Gupta, Tejpal ^[1]

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1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH) and Advanced Centre for Treatment Education and Research in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Parel, Mumbai 400012 (India)
2. Department of Medical Physics, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH) and Advanced Centre for Treatment Education and Research in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Parel, Mumbai 400012 (India)
3. Department of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH) and Advanced Centre for Treatment Education and Research in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Parel, Mumbai 400012 (India)

To assess interobserver variability (IOV) in the delineation of structures during intensity-modulated radiation therapy for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and the impact of fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) on such variability at the primary site.

• OSTI ID: 22915461
• Journal Information: Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, Journal Name: Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 48; ISSN 1939-8654
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE
HEAD
NECK
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ORGANS
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RADIATION HAZARDS
RADIOTHERAPY