Heterogeneity of Glucose Metabolism in Esophageal Cancer Measured by Fractal Analysis of Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Image: Correlation between Metabolic Heterogeneity and Survival

Toru Tochigi,Kiyohiko Shuto,Tsuguaki Kono,Gaku Ohira,Takayuki Tohma,Hisashi Gunji,Koichi Hayano,Kazuo Narushima,Takeshi Fujishiro,Toshiharu Hanaoka,Yasunori Akutsu,Shinichi Okazumi,Hisahiro Matsubara

Heterogeneity of Glucose Metabolism in Esophageal Cancer Measured by Fractal Analysis of Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Image: Correlation between Metabolic Heterogeneity and Survival

2017

Toru Tochigi
Kiyohiko Shuto
Tsuguaki Kono
Gaku Ohira
Takayuki Tohma
Hisashi Gunji
Koichi Hayano
Kazuo Narushima
Takeshi Fujishiro
Toshiharu Hanaoka
Yasunori Akutsu
Shinichi Okazumi
Hisahiro Matsubara

Background: Intratumoral heterogeneity is a well-recognized characteristic feature of cancer. The purpose of this study is to assess the heterogeneity of the intr

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Fractal analysis
Positron emission tomography
Digital image correlation
Radiology
Cancer
Fluorodeoxyglucose
Esophageal cancer
Medicine
fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography
Carbohydrate metabolism
metabolic heterogeneity
overall survival

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