Open AccessThe impact of positron emission tomography/computed tomography addition to contrast-enhanced computed tomography findings during radiation treatment planning of locally advanced carcinoma esophagus
Author(s) -
S. S. Bhatnagar,
Shweta Sharma,
Manoj Kumar Semwal,
Sankalp Singh
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of medical physics/journal of medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1998-3913
pISSN - 0971-6203
DOI - 10.4103/jmp.jmp_13_19
Subject(s) - contouring , positron emission tomography , radiation treatment planning , medicine , esophagus , computed tomography , nuclear medicine , tomography , radiology , radiation therapy , positron emission , emission computed tomography , computer science , surgery , computer graphics (images)
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