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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2022

Respiratory 4D-Gating F-18 FDG PET/CT Scan for Liver Malignancies: Feasibility in Liver Cancer Patient and Tumor Quantitative Analysis.

Anson H Y Cheung, Vincent W C Wu, Andy L Y Cheung, Jing Cai

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Anson H Y CheungDepartment of Health Technology & Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Vincent W C WuDepartment of Health Technology & Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Andy L Y CheungDepartment of Health Technology & Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Jing CaiDepartment of Health Technology & Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.

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Abstract

purposeTo evaluate the potential clinical role and effectiveness of respiratory 4D-gating F-18 FDG PET/CT scan for liver malignancies, relative to routine (3D) F-18 FDG PET/CT scan. MATERIALS AND

methodsThis study presented a prospective clinical study of 16 patients who received F-18 FDG PET/CT scan for known or suspected malignant liver lesions. Ethics approvals were obtained from the ethics committees of the Hong Kong Baptist Hospital and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Liver lesions were compared between the gated and ungated image sets, in terms of 1) volume measurement of PET image, 2) accuracy of maximum standardized uptake value (SUV

resultsThe study population consisted of 16 patients (9 males and 7 females; mean age of 65) with a total number of 89 lesions. The SUV

conclusionsWe have demonstrated the feasibility of implementing 4D PET/CT scan for liver malignancies in a prospective clinical study. The 4D PET/CT scan for liver malignancies could improve the quality of PET image by improving the SUV accuracy of the lesions and reducing image blurring. The improved accuracy in the classification and identification of liver tumors with 4D PET image would potentially lead to its increased utilization in target delineation of GTV, ITV, and PTV for liver radiotherapy treatment planning in the future.

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4D PET/CTclinical protocolliverrespiratory gated PET/CTSUV

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