Feasibility of contrast-enhanced cone-beam CT for target localization and treatment monitoring

Jan Rødal; Ste Søvik; Hege Kippenes Skogmo; Ingerid Skjei Knudtsen; Eirik Malinen

doi:10.1016/j.radonc.2010.07.006

Feasibility of contrast-enhanced cone-beam CT for target localization and treatment monitoring

Radiother Oncol. 2010 Dec;97(3):521-4. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.07.006.

Authors

Jan Rødal¹, Ste Søvik, Hege Kippenes Skogmo, Ingerid Skjei Knudtsen, Eirik Malinen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medical Physics, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Norway. jan.rodal@radiumhospitalet.no

PMID: 20667609
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.07.006

Abstract

A dog with a spontaneous maxillary tumour was given 40 Gy of fractionated radiotherapy. At five out of 10 fractions cone-beam CT (CBCT) imaging before and after administration of an iodinated contrast agent were performed. Contrast enhancement maps were overlaid on the pre-contrast CBCT images. The tumour was clearly visualized in the images thus produced.

MeSH terms

Animals
Cone-Beam Computed Tomography / veterinary*
Contrast Media*
Dog Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Dog Diseases / radiotherapy*
Dogs
Dose Fractionation, Radiation
Feasibility Studies
Female
Iohexol*
Maxillary Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Maxillary Neoplasms / radiotherapy
Maxillary Neoplasms / veterinary*
Plasmacytoma / diagnostic imaging
Plasmacytoma / radiotherapy
Plasmacytoma / veterinary*
Positron-Emission Tomography
Radiographic Image Enhancement
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Contrast Media
Iohexol