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\"FigThis prospective study was designed to examine the diagnostic performance of integrated positron emission tomography and dual-energy computed tomography imaging in determining the thoracic nodal status of patients with small-cell lung cancer or non-small-cell lung cancer. It also focused on the investigating the resulting impact on target volume delineation for radiation therapy planning.<\/p>\n

Article<\/strong>: Rationale and design of a prospective study on the first integrated PET\/dual-energy CT system for staging and image-based radiation therapy planning of lung cancer<\/a><\/p>\n

Authors<\/strong>: Carlo N. De Cecco, Philip Burchett, Marly van Assen, James Ravenel, Samuel Lewis Cooper, Hong Li, Marques L. Bradshaw, William J. Rieter, U. Joseph Schoepf and Leonie Gordon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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