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Imaging for RT planning
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Has to be precise
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Has to provide safe judgment of the extent of the disease
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CT images are base for treatment planning
BUT
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On CT, it can be difficult to discriminate vital tumour tissue
from scar tissue, oedema, atelectasis, surrounding soft tissu…
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CT can not stage correctly
detect small metastases
detect distant metastases