What and how should we measure in paediatric oncology FDG-PET/CT? Comparison of commonly used SUV metrics for differentiation between paediatric tumours
Abstract Background In clinical routine, SUVmax and SUVpeak are most often used to determine the glucose metabolism in tumours by 18F-FDG PET/CT. Both metrics can be further normalised to SUVs in reference regions resulting in a SUV ratio (SUVratio). The aim of the study was to directly compare seve...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2019-12-01
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| Series: | EJNMMI Research |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13550-019-0577-7 |