FDG-PET Imaging for Radiation Therapy in Head and Neck Cancer

  • Sunyoung Jang
  • Peter Bloch
  • Mijin Yun
  • Timothy Zhu
  • David Rosenthal
  • Michael Needham
  • Abass Alavi
  • Bengt Bjarngard
Conference paper

Abstract

Imaging of the accumulation of 18F-labeled fluoro deoxyglucose (FDG) using positron emission tomography (PET) is being used clinically for the evaluation of the physiological and pathological status of tissues in situ. FDG-PET imaging studies of patients with head and neck lesions have previously been shown to be useful for staging of the disease and for evaluating changes in tumor metabolism during a course of radiotherapy [1–3]. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the volume of elevated uptake of FDG in head and neck tumors and correlate these findings with the planning target volume (PTV) delineated on CT and MR images.

Keywords

Positron Emission Tomography Standard Uptake Value Planning Target Volume Positron Emission Tomography Scanner Neck Tumor 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Sunyoung Jang
    • 1
  • Peter Bloch
    • 1
  • Mijin Yun
    • 2
  • Timothy Zhu
    • 1
  • David Rosenthal
    • 1
  • Michael Needham
    • 1
  • Abass Alavi
    • 2
  • Bengt Bjarngard
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Radiation OncologyUniversity of Pennsylvania Medical CenterPhiladelphiaUSA
  2. 2.Department of RadiologyUniversity of Pennsylvania Medical CenterPhiladelphiaUSA

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