The combination of fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography
(PET) and computed tomography (CT) for dual-modality imaging (PET/CT) plays a key role …

Quantitative imaging is the analysis of retrieved numeric data from images with the goal of
reducing subjective assessment. It is an increasingly important radiologic tool to assess …

Objective Although lobectomy is the standard surgical procedure for operable non–small
cell lung cancer (NSCLC), sublobar resection also has been undertaken for various …

Image quantification studies in positron emission tomography/computed tomography
(PET/CT) are of immense importance in the diagnosis and follow-up of variety of cancers. In …

Introduction Advanced thymoma (stage III and IV) is difficult to detect by computed
tomography (CT), yet it is important to distinguish between early (stage I and II) and …

Background We investigated the association between the newly proposed International
Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)/American Thoracic Society …

Purpose. The present systematic literature review and meta‐analysis focused on examining
the significance of total lesion glycolysis (TLG) and metabolic tumor volume (MTV) in …

Purpose The main objective of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of volumetric
and metabolic information derivied from F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission …

A more conservative approach to the clinical management of thyroid nodules and
differentiated thyroid cancer has recently been proposed by the 2015 ATA guidelines. In this …

Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of the tumor burden as
characterized by the metabolic tumor volume (MTV) and total lesion glycolysis (TLG) …