PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Acuff, Shelley N.
AU  - Jackson, Anetia S.
AU  - Subramaniam, Rathan M.
AU  - Osborne, Dustin
TI  - Practical Considerations for Integrating PET/CT into Radiation Therapy Planning
AID  - 10.2967/jnmt.118.209452
DP  - 2018 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 343--348
VI  - 46
IP  - 4
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/46/4/343.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/46/4/343.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.2018 Dec 01; 46
AB  - Over the past 20 y, PET/CT has had many technologic and developmental advancements for patient care. PET/CT has evolved from being used as a diagnosis and staging tool to now having an impact on treating cancer through a collaboration with radiation oncology. There are multiple considerations when integrating PET/CT into radiation therapy planning, such as the needs of the PET/CT center, the types of scans to offer, workflow considerations between the PET/CT center and the radiation therapy planning center, PET/CT center growth and demand on schedules, and the impact PET/CT will have on radiation treatment planning. Careful planning and implementation are important in offering patients optimum care that integrates PET/CT in radiation therapy planning.