title: Biological imaging in clinical oncology: radiation therapy based on functional imaging.
abstract: Radiation therapy is one of the most effective tools for cancer treatment. In recent years, intensity-modulated radiation therapy has become increasingly popular in that target dose-escalation can be done while sparing adjacent normal tissues. For this reason, the development of measures to pave the way for accurate target delineation is of great interest. With the integration of functional information obtained by biological imaging with radiotherapy, strategies using advanced biological imaging to visualize metabolic pathways and to improve therapeutic index and predict treatment response are discussed in this article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yo-Liang
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chun-Yi
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: China Medical University, 91 Hsueh-Shih Road, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan. d94032@mail.cmuh.org.tw.
authors.forename: K S Clifford
authors.initials: KSC
authors.lastname: Chao
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted; D050397:Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Biological imaging; Functional imaging; Radiation therapy