Introduction: metabolic and functional imaging in radiation therapy.

摘要

Thank you for taking the time to read this issue of Seminars in Radiation Oncology. In recent years, a number of developments have occurred that have most likely permanently embedded advanced imaging into the routine and experimental practices of radiation oncology. Although Seminars in Radiation Oncology, as well as several other journals, have reviewed various aspects of imaging in cancer management, the significant advances in a subset of imaging, specifically molecular and physiological imaging as applied to the radiotherapy process, warrant special attention.