Comparison between CT- and FDG-PET-defined target volumes for radiotherapy planning in head-and-neck cancers

Bénédicte Henriques de Figueiredo; Olivier Barret; Hélène Demeaux; Philippe Lagarde; Erwan De-Mones-Del-Pujol; Guy Kantor; Henri de Clermont-Gallerande; Pierre Richaud; Philippe Fernandez

doi:10.1016/j.radonc.2009.09.010

Comparison between CT- and FDG-PET-defined target volumes for radiotherapy planning in head-and-neck cancers

Radiother Oncol. 2009 Dec;93(3):479-82. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.09.010. Epub 2009 Oct 31.

Authors

Bénédicte Henriques de Figueiredo¹, Olivier Barret, Hélène Demeaux, Philippe Lagarde, Erwan De-Mones-Del-Pujol, Guy Kantor, Henri de Clermont-Gallerande, Pierre Richaud, Philippe Fernandez

Affiliation

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine, CHRU Bordeaux, France. henriques_fr@yahoo.fr

PMID: 19880207
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.09.010

Abstract

Nine patients with head-and-neck cancer underwent computerized tomography (CT) simulation and [(18)F]-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) to compare the radiotherapy target volumes. The PET volumes were delineated with an automatic segmentation based on the source-to-background ratio. The volume comparison showed a reduction and qualitative discrepancies between the PET- and CT-volumes.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnostic imaging
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / radiotherapy*
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
Head and Neck Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Head and Neck Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
Humans
Phantoms, Imaging
Positron-Emission Tomography*
Radiopharmaceuticals*
Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18