The purpose of these guidelines is to assist physicians in recommending, performing,
interpreting and reporting the results of FDG PET/CT for oncological imaging of adult …

After seminal papers over the period 2009–2011, the use of texture analysis of PET/CT
images for quantification of intratumour uptake heterogeneity has received increasing …

Numerous methods to segment tumors using 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission
tomography (FDG PET) have been introduced. Metabolic tumor volume (MTV) refers to the …

Abstract Positron Emission Tomography (PET), a non-invasive functional imaging method at
the molecular level, images the distribution of biologically targeted radiotracers with high …

The aim of this guideline is to provide a minimum standard for the acquisition and
interpretation of PET and PET/CT scans with [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG). This guideline …

Quantitative 18 F-FDG PET is increasingly being recognized as an important tool for
diagnosis, determination of prognosis, and response monitoring in oncology. However, PET …

Since its introduction in the early nineties as a promising functional imaging technique in the
management of neoplastic disorders, FDG-PET, and subsequently FDG-PET/CT, has …

This paper overviews one of the most important, interesting, and challenging problems in
oncology, the problem of lung cancer diagnosis. Developing an effective computer-aided …

Purpose The purpose of this educational report is to provide an overview of the present state‐
of‐the‐art PET auto‐segmentation (PET‐AS) algorithms and their respective validation, with …

Historically, anatomical CT and MR images were used to delineate the gross tumour
volumes (GTVs) for radiotherapy treatment planning. The capabilities offered by modern …