Precise characterization of a solitary pulmonary nodule using tumor shadow disappearance rate-corrected F-18 FDG PET and enhanced CT
MEDICINE(2022)
摘要
We aimed to characterize solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) using imaging parameters for F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) or enhanced CT corrected by tumor shadow disappearance rate (TDR) to reflect the tissue density. We enrolled 51 patients with an SPN who underwent PET/CT and chest CT with enhancement. The FDG uptake of SPN was evaluated using maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) on PET/CT. The mean Hounsfield unit (HU) for each SPN was evaluated over the region of interest on nonenhanced and enhanced CT images. The change in mean HU (HUpeak-pre) was quantified by subtracting the mean HU of the preenhanced CT from that of the post-enhanced CT. TDR was defined as the ratio of the tumor area, which disappears at a mediastinal window, to the tumor area of the lung window. We investigated which parameters (SUVmax or HUpeak-pre) could contribute to the characterization of SPN classified by TDR value and whether diagnostic performance could be improved using TDR-corrected imaging parameters. For SPN with higher tissue density (TDR <42%, n = 22), high value of SUVmax (>= 3.1) was a significant factor to predict malignancy (P = .006). High value of HUpeak-pre (>= 38) was a significant factor to characterize SPN (P = .002) with lower tissue density (TDR >= 42%, n = 29). The combined approach using TDR-corrected parameters had better predictive performance to characterize SPN than SUVmax only (P = .031). Applying imaging parameters such as SUVmax or HUpeak-pre in consideration of tissue density calculated with TDR could contribute to accurate characterization of SPN.
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F-18 FDG, Hounsfield unit, lung cancer, solitary pulmonary nodule, tumor shadow disappearance rate
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