Potential of asphericity as a novel diagnostic parameter in the evaluation of patients with 68Ga-PSMA-HBED-CC PET-positive prostate cancer lesions

Potential of asphericity as a novel diagnostic parameter in the evaluation of patients with 68Ga-PSMA-HBED-CC PET-positive prostate cancer lesions

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of the asphericity (ASP) as a novel quantitative parameter, reflecting the spatial heterogeneity of tracer uptake, in the staging process of patients with 68Ga-PSMA-HBED-CC positron emission tomography (PET)-positive pros...

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Main Authors: Sebastian Meißner, Jan-Carlo Janssen, Vikas Prasad, Winfried Brenner, Gerd Diederichs, Bernd Hamm, Frank Hofheinz, Marcus R. Makowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-10-01
Series:EJNMMI Research
Subjects:
Prostatic neoplasms
Positron emission tomography computed tomography
Gleason score
Asphericity
Histopathology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13550-017-0333-9

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