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Functional Imaging: Rationale
• Defining the Cancer Biology
– Tailored treatment strategy
• RT: SIB, Dose painting or CMT
• Appreciating Patient Characteristics
– Improved patient cohort selection
– Reduced Intra- & Inter-Observer Variability
• Tumour / Tissue Characterisation
– Functional parameters
• Hypoxia, angiogenesis, metabolism,
proliferation, cellularity, genomics
– Qualitative & Quantitative
• Dynamic
Assessments
• Response
Evaluations
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