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Published in: Radiation Oncology 1/2018

Open Access 01-12-2018 | Research

Delineation of lung cancer with FDG PET/CT during radiation therapy

Authors: J. Ganem, S. Thureau, I. Gardin, R. Modzelewski, S. Hapdey, P. Vera

Published in: Radiation Oncology | Issue 1/2018

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Abstract

Objectives

To propose an easily applicable segmentation method (perPET-RT) for delineation of tumour volume during radiotherapy on interim fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Material and methods

Sixty-seven patients (51 primary tumours, 60 lymph nodes), from 4 prospective studies, underwent an FDG PET/CT scan during the fifth week of radiation therapy, using different generations of PET/CT. Per-therapeutic PET/CT scans were delineated in consensus by two experienced physicians leading to the gold standard threshold to be applied. The mathematical expression of Thopt, the optimal threshold to be applied as a function of the maximum standard uptake value (SUVmax), was determined. The performance of this method (perPET-RT) was assessed by computing the DICE similarity coefficient (DSC) and was compared with 8 fixed threshold values and 3 adaptive thresholding methods.

Results

Thopt verified the following expression: Thopt = A.ln(1/SUVmax) + B where A and B were 2 constants. A and B were independent from the generation of PET/CT, but depended on the type of lesions (primary lung tumours vs. lymph nodes). PerPET-RT showed good to very good agreement in comparison to the gold standard. The mean and standard deviation of DSC value was 0.81 ± 0.13 for lung lesions and 0.78 ± 0.15 for lymph nodes. PerPET-RT showed a significant better agreement than the other segmentation methods (p < 0.001), except for one of the adaptive thresholding method ADT (p = 0.11).

Conclusion

On the database used, perPET-RT has proven its reliability and accuracy for tumour delineation on per-therapeutic FDG PET/CT using only SUVmax measurement. This method may be used to delineate tumour volume for dose-escalation planning.

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Metadata
Title
Delineation of lung cancer with FDG PET/CT during radiation therapy
Authors
J. Ganem
S. Thureau
I. Gardin
R. Modzelewski
S. Hapdey
P. Vera
Publication date
01-12-2018
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Radiation Oncology / Issue 1/2018
Electronic ISSN: 1748-717X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13014-018-1163-2

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