Assessment of SPECT-CT fusion images and semi-quantitative evaluation using SUV in 123I-IMP SPECT in patients with choroidal melanoma.

Kana YamazakiRyuichi NishiiTakamasa MaedaHirokazu MakishimaGoro KasuyaTachen ChangKentaro TamuraMasaru WakatsukiHiroshi TsujiKoji MurakamiTatsuya Higashi

Published in: Annals of nuclear medicine (2020)

The semi-quantitative evaluation by SUV of 123I-IMP SPECT images fused with CT images is useful for detecting choroidal melanoma. Moreover, 6-h imaging with SUV-based evaluation of 123I-IMP SPECT is promising compared to the conventional count-based UI evaluation method. Trial registration This study is registered in UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) as UMIN study ID: UMIN000038174.

Keyphrases

optical coherence tomography
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deep learning
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convolutional neural network
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