False-positive FDG PET uptake− the role of PET/CT

SJ Rosenbaum, T Lind, G Antoch, A Bockisch - European radiology, 2006 - Springer
… cells and is visualized by PET [1]. Besides visual analysis, a semi-quantitative analysis of
the PET data using the Standardized Uptake Value (SUV) is established and of clinical value: …

Correlation of PET standard uptake value and CT window-level thresholds for target delineation in CT-based radiation treatment planning

R Hong, J Halama, D Bova, A Sethi, B Emami - International Journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
… FDG-PET with CT simulation were used. This study provides a novel method of correlating
CT window and level values to PET SUV values, for precise visualization of PET data. …

Standardised uptake values from PET/CT images: comparison with conventional attenuation-corrected PET

M Souvatzoglou, SI Ziegler, MJ Martinez… - European journal of …, 2007 - Springer
… In PET/CT, CT-derived attenuation factors may influence standardised uptake values (SUVs)
in tumour lesions and organs when compared with stand-alone PET. Therefore, we …

Standardized uptake values for [18F] FDG in normal organ tissues: comparison of whole-body PET/CT and PET/MRI

P Heusch, C Buchbender, K Beiderwellen… - European journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
… Excellent correlations of SUV values were found for the heart … MRAC-PET were lower than
the respective CTAC values in … with PET/CT and PET/MRI SUVmax and SUVmean values

Standard uptake value and metabolic tumor volume of 18F-FDG PET/CT predict short-term outcome early in the course of chemoradiotherapy in advanced non-small …

W Huang, T Zhou, L Ma, H Sun, H Gong… - European journal of …, 2011 - Springer
… role of standard uptake values (SUVs) and metabolic tumor volume (MTV) in [ 18 F]fluorodeoxyglucose
positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) to predict …

Influence of reconstruction iterations on 18F-FDG PET/CT standardized uptake values

CJ Jaskowiak, JA Bianco, SB Perlman… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2005 - Soc Nuclear Med
uptake value (avgSUV) and maximum standardized uptake value (maxSUV) of changing
the number of iterations in the reconstruction process on studies acquired with PET/CT. …

Adrenal masses in patients with cancer: PET/CT characterization with combined CT histogram and standardized uptake value PET analysis

M Perri, P Erba, D Volterrani… - American Journal of …, 2011 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
… the CT quantitative measurements. The SUV max and average standardized uptake value
(… of two thirds of the adrenal lesion on the fused PET/CT image. Care was taken to avoid the …

[PDF][PDF] PET/CT: fundamental principles

MD Seemann, S Nekolla, S Ziegler, F Bengel… - European journal of …, 2004 - daig-net.de
… agents that alter the CT image quality and quantitative measurements of standardized uptake
values (SUV) may lead to artifacts in the PET images. Hybrid PET/CT imaging will be very …

PETCT evaluation of solitary pulmonary nodules: correlation with maximum standardized uptake value and pathology

YT Sim, YG Goh, MF Dempsey, S Han, FW Poon - Lung, 2013 - Springer
… F-FDG uptake [12]. An SUV of 2.5 is generally used as a background uptake value; hence,
any SPN with SUV greater than background mediastinal blood pool uptake was considered …

Quantifying and reducing the effect of calibration error on variability of PET/CT standardized uptake value measurements

CM Lockhart, LR MacDonald, AM Alessio… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2011 - Soc Nuclear Med
… calibration of PET/CT scanners and to minimize the effect of calibration error on standardized
uptake value measurements. Methods: Global calibration factors from 2 PET/CT scanners …