Texture analysis of non-small cell lung cancer on unenhanced computed tomography: Initial evidence for a relationship with tumour glucose metabolism and stage

Cancer Imaging

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-143

  Ganeshan, Balaji ^a,b   Abaleke, Sandra ^a   Young, Rupert C D ^b   Chatwin, Christopher R ^b   Miles, Kenneth A ^a  

^a BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Computer assisted; Imaging marker; Lung texture analysis; Non small cell lung carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; GLUCOSE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTROPY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FILTER; FILTRATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG LESION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDISED UPTAKE VALUE; ALGORITHM; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; LUNG TUMOR; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77957909316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14707330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2010.0021     Document Type: Article

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