<p><bold>Purpose:</bold> Our primary goal was to examine the effect of PET image reconstruction parameters on baseline and early-treatment FDG-PET/CT quantitative imaging. Early-treatment changes in tumor metabolism in ...
<p>The Standardized Uptake Value (SUV) is a method for semiquantitative evaluation of radiotracer accumulation on PET scans. Changes in SUV can be used to determine treatment response. However, SUV measurements are ...
<p>Positron Emission Tomography with 18F-FDG can be used as a predictor for post-therapeutic tumor response in rectal and gynecologic cancers. An issue with assessing lesions in the vicinity of the bladder is the radioactivity ...