Improving accuracy of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET computed tomography to diagnose nodal involvement in non-small cell lung cancer: utility of using various predictive models
Conclusion
PM combining parameters like nodal SUVmax, N/A ratio, N/T ratio and HU values have shown to improve the PPV, specificity and overall accuracy of 18FDG PET CT in the preoperative diagnosis of nodal metastases.
Source: Nuclear Medicine Communications - Category: Nuclear Medicine Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
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