Preliminary retrospective investigation of FDG-PET/CT timing in follow-up of ablated lung tumor
Author(s) -
Fumiyo Higaki,
Yoshihiro Okumura,
Shuhei Sato,
Takao Hiraki,
Hideo Gobara,
Hidefumi Mimura,
Shiro Akaki,
Toshihide Tsuda,
Susumu Kanazawa
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
annals of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1864-6433
pISSN - 0914-7187
DOI - 10.1007/s12149-007-0113-0
Subject(s) - medicine , receiver operating characteristic , cutoff , nuclear medicine , standardized uptake value , radiology , lung , positron emission tomography , fluorodeoxyglucose , retrospective cohort study , surgery , physics , quantum mechanics
The aim of this study was to clarify the most appropriate follow-up initiation time point for positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) following radio frequency ablation (RFA) of lung tumors, and the cutoff values of maximum standard uptake value (SUV(max)) to evaluate local tumor progression.
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