Hounsfield units and fractal dimension (test HUFRA) for determining PET positive/negative lymph nodes in pediatric Hodgkin's lymphoma patients.
Radosław ChaberMateusz ŁaseckiKarol KuczyńskiRafał CebrykJustyna KwaśnickaCyprian OlchowyKornelia ŁachZbigniew PogodajnyOlga KoptiukAnna OlchowyPaweł PopeckiUrszula Zaleska-DorobiszPublished in: PloS one (2020)
The HUFRA test can differentiate about 70-80% of lymph nodes as PET(+) or PET(-) based solely on the CT examination. It can be useful in patients who were not subjected to 18FFDG-PET/CT examination before the treatment, or who had an unreliable result of 18F-FDG-PET/CT with further research requirements.
Keyphrases
- pet ct
- lymph node
- positron emission tomography
- computed tomography
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- pet imaging
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- diffuse large b cell lymphoma
- magnetic resonance
- magnetic resonance imaging
- contrast enhanced
- image quality
- early stage
- locally advanced
- replacement therapy