A Systematic Review of PET Textural Analysis and Radiomics in Cancer.

ABSTRACT: Although many works have supported the utility of PET radiomics, several authors have raised concerns over the robustness and replicability of the results. This study aimed to perform a systematic review on the topic of PET radiomics and the used methodologies. PubMed was searched up to 15 October 2020. Original research articles based on human data specifying at least one tumor type and PET image were included, excluding those that apply only first-order statistics and those including fewer than 20 patients. Each publication, cancer type, objective and several methodological parameters (number of patients and features, validation approach, among other things) were extracted. A total of 290 studies were included. Lung (28%) and head and neck (24%) were the most studied cancers. The most co

SUBMITTER: Pineiro-Fiel M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7926413 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature