TY - GEN
T1 - Current role of PET in oncology
T2 - 2008 42nd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ASILOMAR 2008
AU - Yalavarthy, Phaneendra K.
AU - Low, Daniel
AU - Noel, Camille
AU - Wei, Zhouping
AU - Yang, Deshan
AU - Apte, Aditya
AU - Bradley, Jeffrey
AU - Deasy, Joseph
AU - El Naqa, Issam
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Recent years have witnessed rapid increase in positron emission tomography (PET) use for diagnosis, staging and restaging of different cancers types. A recent national review concluded that PET scans were associated with changing treatment plans in more than one third of the patients. For instance, FDG-PET, a glucose metabolism analog, is frequently used for radiotherapy target definition and monitoring of treatment response. However, its role in lung cancer, one of the most lethal diseases, is limited by respiratory motion artifacts. In this work, we summarize the latest developments to mitigate these effects and present potentials for future directions.
AB - Recent years have witnessed rapid increase in positron emission tomography (PET) use for diagnosis, staging and restaging of different cancers types. A recent national review concluded that PET scans were associated with changing treatment plans in more than one third of the patients. For instance, FDG-PET, a glucose metabolism analog, is frequently used for radiotherapy target definition and monitoring of treatment response. However, its role in lung cancer, one of the most lethal diseases, is limited by respiratory motion artifacts. In this work, we summarize the latest developments to mitigate these effects and present potentials for future directions.
KW - Biomedical applications of radiation
KW - Biomedical nuclear imaging
KW - Medical diagnosis
KW - Positron emission tomography
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70349655723&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ACSSC.2008.5074576
DO - 10.1109/ACSSC.2008.5074576
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:70349655723
SN - 9781424429417
T3 - Conference Record - Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers
SP - 1067
EP - 1071
BT - 2008 42nd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ASILOMAR 2008
Y2 - 26 October 2008 through 29 October 2008
ER -