New Advances in Radionuclide Bone Imaging

A special issue of Tomography (ISSN 2379-139X).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2024) | Viewed by 2783

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1. Ochsner Sports Medicine Institute, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA
2. Medical School, The University of Queensland, Brisbane City 4072, Australia
Interests: cartilage repair; joint replacement; arthroscopic assisted techniques; ligament injuries

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1. Department of Radiology, Nuclear Medicine Faculty, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

With great enthusiasm, we invite researchers across the globe to contribute their findings to this Special Issue of Tomography, aptly titled New Advancements in Radionuclide Bone Imaging. Our team is seeking research that highlights the latest advancements in radionuclide bone imaging technology; this includes, but is not limited to, groundbreaking radiotracers, theranostics, imaging protocols, and the impact of AI in the clinical application of radionuclides in relation to bone scans and processing/interpretation techniques. In addition, reviews on the potential of current radiotracer clinical guidance in navigating therapeutic decisions and outcome predictions are also welcome.

This Special Issue aims to showcase the growing application of radionuclide bone imaging and explores advancements made in the field of nuclear medicine and diagnostic radiology in the hope of offering insight into its current state.

Dr. Deryk G. Jones
Dr. Kristina Hawk
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • radiopharmaceuticals
  • hybrid imaging
  • theranostics
  • quantitative imaging
  • computer-aided diagnosis

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SPECT/CT Radiomics for Differentiating between Enchondroma and Grade I Chondrosarcoma
by Hyukjin Yoon, Woo Hee Choi, Min Wook Joo, Seunggyun Ha and Yong-An Chung
Tomography 2023, 9(5), 1868-1875; https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography9050148 - 16 Oct 2023
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This study was performed to assess the value of SPECT/CT radiomics parameters in differentiating enchondroma and atypical cartilaginous tumors (ACTs) located in the long bones. Quantitative HDP SPECT/CT data of 49 patients with enchondromas or ACTs in the long bones were retrospectively reviewed. [...] Read more.
This study was performed to assess the value of SPECT/CT radiomics parameters in differentiating enchondroma and atypical cartilaginous tumors (ACTs) located in the long bones. Quantitative HDP SPECT/CT data of 49 patients with enchondromas or ACTs in the long bones were retrospectively reviewed. Patients were randomly split into training (n = 32) and test (n = 17) data, and SPECT/CT radiomics parameters were extracted. In training data, LASSO was employed for feature reduction. Selected parameters were compared with classic quantitative parameters for the prediction of diagnosis. Significant parameters from training data were again tested in the test data. A total of 12 (37.5%) and 6 (35.2%) patients were diagnosed as ACTs in training and test data, respectively. LASSO regression selected two radiomics features, zone-length non-uniformity for zone (ZLNUGLZLM) and coarseness for neighborhood grey-level difference (CoarsenessNGLDM). Multivariate analysis revealed higher ZLNUGLZLM as the only significant independent factor for the prediction of ACTs, with sensitivity and specificity of 85.0% and 58.3%, respectively, with a cut-off value of 191.26. In test data, higher ZLNUGLZLM was again associated with the diagnosis of ACTs, with sensitivity and specificity of 83.3% and 90.9%, respectively. HDP SPECT/CT radiomics may provide added value for differentiating between enchondromas and ACTs. Full article
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