Computer assisted cancer diagnosis from PET-CT using dynamic threshold adjustment method

T Sato, H Kimura, H Arisawa, M Okasaki… - 2011 - Soc Nuclear Med
2096 Objectives In Cancer Diagnosis from PET-CT images, the radiologists seek abnormal
areas as isolated accumulations of FDG. However the color and contrast of regions …

Automatic lesion detection in thoracic PET-CT images with region probabilities

Y Song, W Cai, Y Zhou, L Wen, D Feng - 2013 - Soc Nuclear Med
2087 Objectives To develop an automatic approach to detect lesions from thoracic FDG PET-
CT images. Methods Based on our previous study [1], regions with SUVs higher than a …

Automatic detection of lung tumor and abnormal regional lymph nodes in PET-CT images

Y Song, W Cai, S Eberl, M Fulham, D Feng - 2011 - Soc Nuclear Med
211 Objectives To develop an automatic approach to detect primary lung tumor and disease
in regional lymph nodes from FDG PET-CT images of the thorax. Methods For each PET and …

Lesion detection with extremal regions in thoracic PET-CT images

Y Song, W Cai, Y Zhou, D Feng, M Fulham - 2015 - Soc Nuclear Med
1783 Objectives To develop an automated method to detect lesions in thoracic FDG PET-CT
images. Methods Our method used extremal region generation and thresholding. First, a …

Integrating PET and CT information to improve diagnostic accuracy for lung nodules: a semiautomatic computer-aided method

Y Nie, Q Li, F Li, Y Pu, D Appelbaum… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2006 - Soc Nuclear Med
Our objective was to develop and evaluate 3 semiautomatic computer-aided diagnostic
(CAD) schemes for distinguishing between benign and malignant pulmonary nodules by …

Computer-aided diagnostic scheme for tumor detection in PET images

Q Li, Y Pu, Y Nie, D Appelbaum, F Li, K Doi - 2007 - Soc Nuclear Med
144 Objectives: To develop a computer-aided diagnostic (CAD) scheme for tumor detection
by PET. Methods: Twenty-four patients with 33 tumors (size range 5-28mm, mean 15mm) …

Automated detection and assessment of NSCLC using a novel PET/CT software tool: Initial results

S Hahn, T Heusner, X Zhou, A Stahl, A Bockisch… - 2009 - Soc Nuclear Med
1795 Objectives To determine the feasibility of a new PET/CT software tool for automated
detection and assessment of lung lesions. Methods 20 patients suffering from NSCLC were …

CT-guided automated detection of lung tumors on PET images

Y Cui, B Zhao, TJ Akhurst, J Yan… - Medical Imaging 2008 …, 2008 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The calculation of standardized uptake values (SUVs) in tumors on serial [18 F] 2-fluoro-2-
deoxy-D-glucose (18 F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) images is often used for …

A new role of SUVmax on FDG PET-CT as an identifier of the tumor in the era of AI

K Hirata, O Manabe, K Magota, S Furuya, T Shiga… - 2020 - Soc Nuclear Med
1413 Purpose: The clinical usefulness of positron emission tomography (PET) using 18F-
fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) has been well established in oncology. Although many indices …

Automated interpretation of PET/CT images in patients with lung cancer

H Gutte, D Jakobsson, F Olofsson… - Nuclear medicine …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Purpose To develop a completely automated method based on image processing
techniques and artificial neural networks for the interpretation of combined [18 F] …