Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 83, Issue 1 , Pages 42-48 , April 2007

Retrospective attenuation correction of PET data for radiotherapy planning using a free breathing CT

  • Isabelle Fitton

      Affiliations

    • Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Paris, France
    • The Netherlands Cancer Institute – Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Roel J.H.M. Steenbakkers

      Affiliations

    • The Netherlands Cancer Institute – Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Lambert Zijp

      Affiliations

    • The Netherlands Cancer Institute – Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Joop C. Duppen

      Affiliations

    • The Netherlands Cancer Institute – Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Emile F.I. Comans

      Affiliations

    • VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Saar H. Muller

      Affiliations

    • The Netherlands Cancer Institute – Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Peter J.C.M. Nowak

      Affiliations

    • Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Coen R.N. Rasch

      Affiliations

    • The Netherlands Cancer Institute – Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Marcel van Herk

      Affiliations

    • The Netherlands Cancer Institute – Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Marcel van Herk, The Netherlands Cancer Institute – Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncology, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Received 21 July 2006 ,Revised 26 January 2007 ,Accepted 6 February 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.02.010

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 83, Issue 1 , Pages 42-48 , April 2007

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