Difference between revisions of "Standarized uptake value"

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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Oncology]].
*[[Oncology]].
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==

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

  • The SUV of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose of the primary tumour is a predictor of lymph node metastases in a multivariate analysis.[1]

See also

References

  1. 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.

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