title: Functional imaging in radiation therapy planning for head and neck cancer.
abstract: Functional imaging and its application to radiotherapy (RT) is a rapidly expanding field with new modalities and techniques constantly developing and evolving. As technologies improve, it will be important to pay attention to their implementation. This review describes the main achievements in the field of head and neck cancer (HNC) with particular remarks on the unsolved problems.
authors.affiliation: Radiation Oncology, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Ps. San Vicente 58, 37007 Salamanca, Spain.
authors.forename: Luis A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Pérez Romasanta
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Medicine, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
authors.forename: María José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: García Velloso
authors.affiliation: Medical Physics Department and Radiological Protection, Galaria - Hospital do Meixoeiro - Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: López Medina
keywords: Functional imaging; Metabolic imaging; PET/CT; Radiotherapy planning