Purpose <p>To evaluate the efficacy of <sup>18</sup>F-AIF-NOTA-FAPI-04 PET/CT in improving the accuracy of target volume delineation in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).</p> Methods <p>Automatic delineation of the primary tumor target volume was conducted for 21 newly diagnosed NPC patients using <sup>18</sup>F-AIF-NOTA-FAPI-04 PET/CT images, which applied a threshold-based segmentation with 5% increments from 20 to 60% of SUVmax. Manual delineation of the primary tumor was performed on MRI images. The study analyzed the gross target volumes (GTV) discrepancies between <sup>18</sup>F-AIF-NOTA-FAPI-04 PET/CT and MRI. Furthermore, we compared how the two imaging modalities affected the assessment of the primary tumors’ involvement of bone-related structures and soft tissue (mucosa) infiltration.</p> Results <p>There were variations in the primary tumor target volume across the different imaging methods. There were no significant differences observed between GTV-FAPI 20%, GTV-FAPI 25%, and GTV-FAPI 30% compared to GTV-MRI. Among them, GTV-FAPI 20% showed the closest similarity to GTV-MRI. <sup>18</sup>F-AIF-NOTA-FAPI-04 PET/CT was superior to MRI in detecting soft tissue and bone tissue involvement in primary tumors.</p> Conclusions <p><sup>18</sup>F-AIF-NOTA-FAPI-04 PET/CT enhances precision in delineating GTV for NPC and demonstrates clinical utility in T-staging.</p>

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The clinical value of FAPI PET/CT in delineating target volumes for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

  • Wansu Xu,
  • Yihe Zou,
  • Yang Zhang,
  • Qiyuan Lv,
  • Xia Deng,
  • Kejie Li,
  • Xuemei Zhang,
  • Junhui Wang,
  • Wenliang Yu,
  • Raoying Xie,
  • Meng Su,
  • Huijuan He,
  • Changlin Zou

摘要

Purpose

To evaluate the efficacy of 18F-AIF-NOTA-FAPI-04 PET/CT in improving the accuracy of target volume delineation in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).

Methods

Automatic delineation of the primary tumor target volume was conducted for 21 newly diagnosed NPC patients using 18F-AIF-NOTA-FAPI-04 PET/CT images, which applied a threshold-based segmentation with 5% increments from 20 to 60% of SUVmax. Manual delineation of the primary tumor was performed on MRI images. The study analyzed the gross target volumes (GTV) discrepancies between 18F-AIF-NOTA-FAPI-04 PET/CT and MRI. Furthermore, we compared how the two imaging modalities affected the assessment of the primary tumors’ involvement of bone-related structures and soft tissue (mucosa) infiltration.

Results

There were variations in the primary tumor target volume across the different imaging methods. There were no significant differences observed between GTV-FAPI 20%, GTV-FAPI 25%, and GTV-FAPI 30% compared to GTV-MRI. Among them, GTV-FAPI 20% showed the closest similarity to GTV-MRI. 18F-AIF-NOTA-FAPI-04 PET/CT was superior to MRI in detecting soft tissue and bone tissue involvement in primary tumors.

Conclusions

18F-AIF-NOTA-FAPI-04 PET/CT enhances precision in delineating GTV for NPC and demonstrates clinical utility in T-staging.