Best Practices: Consensus on Performing Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography for Radiation Therapy Planning and for Therapy Response Assessment

Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography Data Acquisition and Image Management

“…Similar to pediatric PET-CT, radiation therapy (RT) planning may be a very small portion of image volume but requires considerable additional time and attention to execute properly. PET-CT has been playing an increasingly important role in the radiation therapy process, especially in multidisciplinary oncology centers [36,38]. One of the essential advantages that PET-CT offers over CT alone is the detection of smaller lymph nodes that would not likely be considered positive on CT by size criteria [36].…”

“…PET-CT has been playing an increasingly important role in the radiation therapy process, especially in multidisciplinary oncology centers [36,38]. One of the essential advantages that PET-CT offers over CT alone is the detection of smaller lymph nodes that would not likely be considered positive on CT by size criteria [36]. Additionally, there is now ample evidence that PET-CT consistently locates unsuspected distant metastatic disease that is not visible on CT alone [36].…”

Planning of Nuclear Medicine in Turkey: Current Status and Future Perspectives

“…Furthermore, number of radiation oncology experts and necessary equipments should also be considered during planning of PET/CT devices. Since PET/CT is also commonly used for planning of the radiotherapy treatments, PET/CT country specific planning is usually done in accordance with the number of oncology patients both in the other countries and in Turkey as described in this manuscript (Blodgett, 2010;Purandare et al, 2010).…”

DCE‐MRI: a review and applications in veterinary oncology

“…Most PET functional imaging studies involve quantification of intratumoural glucose metabolism using 18 F‐labelled deoxyglucose. Emphasis in human PET studies focuses on tumour localization and response to therapy . A review of PET technology and applications related to veterinary medicine has been published recently …”

“…Emphasis in human PET studies focuses on tumour localization and response to therapy. 17 A review of PET technology and applications related to veterinary medicine has been published recently. 18 Parameters that can be quantified using functional imaging include perfusion, proliferation and oxygenation, and also the activity of specific molecules, such as glucose.…”