Difference between revisions of "Standarized uptake value"
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Revision as of 12:36, 3 September 2015
Standardized uptake value, abbreviated SUV, is a semi-quantitative measure in PET scans.
Non-small cell lung cancer
Main article: Non-small cell lung cancer
- The SUV of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose of the primary tumour is a predictor of lymph node metastases in a multivariate analysis.[1]
- Cut-off: 9.3.
- Sensitivity ~75%.
- Specificity ~54%.
- Cut-off: 9.3.
See also
References
- ↑ Xu, ZQ.; Xie, LJ.; Fan, W.; Duan, XB.; Cheng, MH. (May 2014). "Risk factors for mediastinal lymph node metastasis in non-small-cell lung cancer by PET/CT.". Nucl Med Commun 35 (5): 466-71. doi:10.1097/MNM.0000000000000077. PMID 24535381.