Diagnostic classification of solitary pulmonary nodules using support vector machine model based on 2-[18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose PET/computed tomography texture features.

Journal: Nuclear medicine communications
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Abstract

PURPOSE: This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of a support vector machine (SVM) model built with texture features based on standard 2-[F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (F-FDG) PET in patients with solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs) at a volume larger than 5 mL.

Authors

  • Jianping Zhang
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, 200032, China. zhangjianping@fudan.edu.cn.
  • Guang Ma
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai.
  • Jingyi Cheng
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai.
  • Shaoli Song
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, 200032, China. shaoli-song@163.com.
  • Yingjian Zhang
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai.
  • L Q Shi
    Center for Biomedical Imaging, Fudan University.