A Guide for Delineation of Lymph Nodal Clinical Target Volume in Radiation Therapy [electronic resource] /
Ausili Cefaro, Giampiero.editor.
Perez, Carlos A.editor.
Genovesi, Domenico.editor.
Vinciguerra, Annamaria.editor.
Conformal radiotherapy offers the opportunity to enhance precise delivery of high dose radiation to the target volume while maintaining normal tissues doses at acceptable tolerance levels. This technique requires an exact definition of the treatment volumes: gross tumour volume (GTV), clinical target volume (CTV) and planning target volume (PTV). For this reason, it is important to have a very good knowledge of radiological anatomy and natural history of the disease. In particular, CTV is a tissue volume that contains the macroscopic disease with the surrounding areas suspected of subclinical
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Conformal radiotherapy offers the opportunity to enhance precise delivery of high dose radiation to the target volume while maintaining normal tissues doses at acceptable tolerance levels. This technique requires an exact definition of the treatment volumes: gross tumour volume (GTV), clinical target volume (CTV) and planning target volume (PTV). For this reason, it is important to have a very good knowledge of radiological anatomy and natural history of the disease. In particular, CTV is a tissue volume that contains the macroscopic disease with the surrounding areas suspected of subclinical
Includes bibliographical references.
General Considerations -- Anatomy -- Lymph Node Classification -- Anatomicoradiological Boundaries -- Planing CT: Technical Notes -- Target Volume Delineation in Modern Radiation Therapy -- Critical Importance of Target Definition, Including Lymph Nodes, in Image-Guided Radiation Therapy -- Axial CT Radiological Anatomy -- Head and Neck Lymph Nodes -- Mediastinal Lymph Nodes -- Upper Abdominal Region Lymph Nodes -- Pelvic Lymph Nodes -- Digitally Reconstructed Radiographs (DRRs).
Radiology.
Radiotherapy.
Oncology  .
Imaging / Radiology.
Radiotherapy.
Oncology.