A semi-automatic technique to quantify complex tuberculous lung lesions on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computerised tomography images

A semi-automatic technique to quantify complex tuberculous lung lesions on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computerised tomography images

Abstract Background There is a growing interest in the use of 18F-FDG PET-CT to monitor tuberculosis (TB) treatment response. However, TB causes complex and widespread pathology, which is challenging to segment and quantify in a reproducible manner. To address this, we developed a technique to stand...

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Main Authors: Stephanus T. Malherbe, Patrick Dupont, Ilse Kant, Petri Ahlers, Magdalena Kriel, André G. Loxton, Ray Y. Chen, Laura E. Via, Friedrich Thienemann, Robert J. Wilkinson, Clifton E. Barry, Stephanie Griffith-Richards, Annare Ellman, Katharina Ronacher, Jill Winter, Gerhard Walzl, James M. Warwick, the Catalysis Biomarker Consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-06-01
Series:EJNMMI Research
Subjects:
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography
Tuberculosis
Image analysis
Lesion segmentation
Lesion quantification
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13550-018-0411-7

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