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Table 2 Tumour volumes of the 10 patients with T-local recurrence

From: Correlation of [18F] FDG-PET/CT with dosimetry data: recurrence pattern after radiotherapy for head and neck carcinoma

Patients

GTV-T (cm3)

MTVpre (cm3)

MTVrec (cm3)

MTVpre&rec (cm3)

1

9.9

6.6

1.2

0.1

2

21.2

19.5

12.7

7.8

3

11.8

9.8

1.4

1.3

4

14.8

10.0

5.5

4.2

5

40.04

19.0

1.5

1.3

6

7.2

4.7

2.1

0.7

7

9.9

4.6

1.1

1.1

8

11.4

7.7

6.1

0.9

9

14.4

11.3

9.3

1.1

10

42.9

28.9

2.3

2.3

  1. GTV-T: encompassing the primary tumour defined using CT, MRI, clinical examination and PET/CT. MTVpre: the primary tumour contoured by means of ATA on pre-treatment PET/CT. MTVrec: the recurrence contoured by means of of ATA on post treatment PET/CT. MTVpre&rec: the overlapping volume of MTVpre and MTVrec
  2. GTV gross tumor volume, CT computer tomography, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, PET positron emission tomography, MTV metabolic target volume, ATA adaptive threshold algorithm