-
Article
Open AccessReview on radiomic analysis in 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography for prediction of melanoma outcomes
Over the past decade, several strategies have revolutionized the clinical management of patients with cutaneous melanoma (CM), including immunotherapy and targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI)-based therapi...
-
Article
Open AccessClinical application of a population-based input function (PBIF) for a shortened dynamic whole-body FDG-PET/CT protocol in patients with metastatic melanoma treated by immunotherapy
The aim was to investigate the feasibility of a shortened dynamic whole-body (dWB) FDG-PET/CT protocol and Patlak imaging using a population-based input function (PBIF), instead of an image-derived input funct...
-
Article
Multicentric development and evaluation of 18F-FDG PET/CT and MRI radiomics models to predict para-aortic lymph node involvement in locally advanced cervical cancer
To develop machine learning models to predict para-aortic lymph node (PALN) involvement in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer (LACC) before chemoradiotherapy (CRT) using 18F-FDG PET/CT and MRI radiomi...
-
Article
Open AccessAuthor Correction: Prognostic value of pre-therapeutic FDG-PET radiomic analysis in gastro-esophageal junction cancer
-
Article
Open AccessPrognostic value of pre-therapeutic FDG-PET radiomic analysis in gastro-esophageal junction cancer
The main aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of radiomic approach in pre-therapeutic 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography (FDG-PET/CT) in a large cohort of patients with gastro-e...
-
Article
Clinical perspectives for the use of total body PET/CT
-
Article
Open AccessProspective study of dynamic whole-body 68Ga-DOTATOC-PET/CT acquisition in patients with well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors
To present the feasibility of a dynamic whole-body (DWB) 68Ga-DOTATOC-PET/CT acquisition in patients with well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors (WD-NETs). Sixty-one patients who underwent a DWB 68Ga-DOTATOC-P...
-
Article
Good clinical practice recommendations for the use of PET/CT in oncology
Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) is a nuclear medicine functional imaging technique with proven clinical value in oncology. PET/CT indications are continually evolving with fresh advan...
-
Article
Open AccessA new SPECT/CT reconstruction algorithm: reliability and accuracy in clinical routine for non-oncologic bone diseases
xSPECT Bone® (xB) is a new reconstruction algorithm developed by Siemens® in bone hybrid imaging (SPECT/CT). A CT-based tissue segmentation is incorporated into SPECT reconstruction to provide SPECT images wit...
-
Article
Prolonged Overall Treatment Time and Lack of Skin Rash Negatively Impact Overall Survival in Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer Patients Treated with Radiotherapy and Concomitant Cetuximab
Cetuximab, a chimeric monoclonal antibody against EGFR sensitizes tumors to radiotherapy (RT), but is associated with skin and mucosal toxicity.
-
Article
Open AccessIncremental diagnostic utility of systematic double-bed SPECT/CT for bone scintigraphy in initial staging of cancer patients
SPECT/CT has been shown to increase the diagnostic performance of bone scintigraphy for staging of malignancies. A systematic double-bed SPECT/CT of the trunk may allow further improvement. However, this would...
-
Article
Diagnostic performance of FDG PET/CT to detect subclinical HNSCC recurrence 6 months after the end of treatment
Posttreatment follow-up for the recurrence of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is a diagnostic challenge. Tissue distortion from radiation and surgery can obscure early detection of recurrence by ...
-
Article
Safety of ventilation/perfusion single photon emission computed tomography for pulmonary embolism diagnosis
The aim of this management outcome study was to assess the safety of ventilation/perfusion single photon emission computed tomography (V/Q SPECT) for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) using for interpre...
-
Article
Prognostic value of volumetric parameters measured by 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
The objective of this study was to investigate the value of metabolic tumour volume (MTV) assessed with 18F-FDG PET/CT in predicting event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with head and n...
-
Article
Early prediction of survival following induction chemotherapy with DCF (docetaxel, cisplatin, 5-fluorouracil) using FDG PET/CT imaging in patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
Locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) has a high rate of recurrence. Induction chemotherapy with DCF (docetaxel, cisplatin, 5-fluorouracil) before chemoradiotherapy could lead to the b...
