Diagnostic Performance of Dynamic Whole-Body Patlak [ 18 F]FDG-PET/CT in Patients with Indeterminate Lung Lesions and Lymph Nodes

• Published in: Journal of clinical medicine Vol. 12; no. 12; p. 3942
• Main Authors: Weissinger, Matthias, Atmanspacher, Max, Spengler, Werner, Seith, Ferdinand, Von Beschwitz, Sebastian, Dittmann, Helmut, Zender, Lars, Smith, Anne M, Casey, Michael E, Nikolaou, Konstantin, Castaneda-Vega, Salvador, la Fougère, Christian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 09.06.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Clinical medicine; dynamic PET; FDG; Glucose; Lung cancer; Lymphatic system; parametric FDG; Patients; Patlak; PET/CT; Software; Statistical analysis; whole-body; United States > US; Germany; FDG; dynamic PET; Patlak; parametric FDG; whole-body; PET/CT

Static [ F]FDG-PET/CT is the imaging method of choice for the evaluation of indeterminate lung lesions and NSCLC staging; however, histological confirmation of PET-positive lesions is needed in most cases due to its limited specificity. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of a...