The role of lung lobes in radiation pneumonitis and radiation-induced inflammation in the lung: a retrospective study

摘要

Objective We examined the relative response to radiation of the upper lung lobes (UL) vs. lower lung lobes (LL) of normal lung tissue using normalized [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake per radiation dose received per lung voxel in patients treated with either photons or protons and tested for correlation of the radiation response with clinical pneumonitis..