The Role of Metabolic Volumetric Parameters in Predicting Malignancy in Incidental Thyroid Nodules Detected in F-18-FDG PET/CT Scans

ERDOĞAN, Mehmet; KORKMAZ, Hakan; TORUS, Bora; AVCI, Mustafa; BOYLUBAY, Şerife; Ciris, İbrahim; YILDIZ, Mustafa; ŞENGÜL, Sevim

doi:10.4274/mirt.galenos.2021.75983

The Role of Metabolic Volumetric Parameters in Predicting Malignancy in Incidental Thyroid Nodules Detected in F-18-FDG PET/CT Scans

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ERDOĞAN M. , KORKMAZ H. , TORUS B. , AVCI M. , BOYLUBAY Ş. M. , Ciris M. , ...More

MOLECULAR IMAGING AND RADIONUCLIDE THERAPY, vol.30, no.2, pp.86-92, 2021 (Journal Indexed in ESCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 30 Issue: 2
Publication Date: 2021
Doi Number: 10.4274/mirt.galenos.2021.75983
Title of Journal : MOLECULAR IMAGING AND RADIONUCLIDE THERAPY
Page Numbers: pp.86-92

Abstract

Objectives: The metabolic activities of tumors can be calculated volumetrically during positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging using metabolic tumor volume (MTV) and total lesion glycolysis (TLG). This study aimed to evaluate the roles of MTV and TLG in predicting the malignancy risk of incidental thyroid nodules detected by PET/CT imaging.