FDG PET/CT texture analysis for predicting the outcome of lung cancer treated by stereotactic body radiation therapy

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1453-1460

  Lovinfosse, Pierre ^a   Janvary, Zsolt Levente ^b   Coucke, Philippe ^b   Jodogne, Sébastien ^a   Bernard, Claire ^a   Hatt, Mathieu ^c   Visvikis, Dimitris ^c   Jansen, Nicolas ^b   Duysinx, Bernard ^a   Hustinx, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET CT; Heterogeneity; Non small cell lung cancer; Prognostic factor; Stereotactic body radiation therapy; Textural analysis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84975199794     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-016-3314-8     Document Type: Article

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