Contrast enhanced 4D-CT imaging for target volume definition in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
A procedure to improve target volume definition in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma by contrast enhanced 4D-CT imaging has been implemented for radiotherapy planning. The procedure allows good quality images to be obtained over the whole patient's breathing cycle in terms of anatomical details, pancreatic enhancement and vessel definition.
Mancosu
Pietro
P
Scientific institute H San. Raffaele, Milano, Italy. pietro.mancosu@hsr.it
Bettinardi
Valentino
V
Passoni
Paolo
P
Gusmini
Simone
S
Cappio
Stefano
S
Gilardi
Maria C
MC
Cattaneo
Giovanni M
GM
Reni
Michele
M
Del Maschio
Alessandro
A
Di Muzio
Nadia
N
Fazio
Ferruccio
F
D021441:Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D003287:Contrast Media; D006801:Humans; D010179:Pancreas / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D012119:Respiration; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014283:Triiodobenzoic Acids
D003287:Contrast Media; D014283:Triiodobenzoic Acids; C044834:iodixanol