PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Acuff, Shelley N
AU  - Jackson, Anetia S
AU  - Subramaniam, Rathan M
AU  - Osborne, Dustin R
TI  - Practical Consideration for Integrating PET/CT in Radiation Therapy Planning for Patient Care.
AID  - 10.2967/jnmt.118.209452
DP  - 2018 Aug 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - jnmt.118.209452
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/early/2018/08/02/jnmt.118.209452.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/early/2018/08/02/jnmt.118.209452.full
AB  - Over the past 20 years, PET/CT has had many technological and developmental advancements for patient care. PET/CT has evolved from solely 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 PET/CT center needs, the types of scans to offer, workflow considerations between the two centers, 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 to offer optimum care to patients integrating PET/CT in radiation therapy planning.