Repeatability of FDG quantification in tumor imaging: Averaged SUVs are superior to SUVmax

Nuclear Medicine and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 666-670

  Burger, Irene A ^a   Huser, Dominic M ^a   Burger, Cyrill ^a   Von Schulthess, Gustav K ^a   Buck, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Interobserver variability; Quantification of FDG uptake; Repeatability; Standardized uptake value

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MALE; ONCOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD UPTAKE VALUE; THORAX CANCER; TUMOR SCINTISCANNING;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862631668     PISSN: 09698051     EISSN: 18729614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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