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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2015 Mar 15;91(4):787–795. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.12.011

Table 1.

Imaging biomarker definitions.

Variable Description
Volume Gross tumor volume (cm3)
SUVmean Mean SUV in the GTV
SUVmax Maximum voxel SUV in the GTV
RSUVmeanFLT
Fractional change in FLT SUVmean from pretreatment to midtreatment
RSUVmaxFLT
Fractional change in FLT SUVmax from pretreatment to midtreatment
RSUVmeanCu-ATSM
Fractional change in Cu-ATSM SUVmean from pretreatment to midtreatment
RSUVmaxCu-ATSm
Fractional change in Cu-ATSM SUVmax from pretreatment to midtreatment
ρFDG,FLT Spatial (voxel) correlation between pretreatment FDG and FLT uptake distributions
ρFDG,Cu-ATSM Spatial (voxel) correlation between pretreatment FDG and Cu-ATSM uptake distributions
ρ FLT,Cu-ATSM Spatial (voxel) correlation between pretreatment FLT and Cu-ATSM uptake distributions
ρpre,midFLT
Spatial (voxel) correlation between pretreatment and midtreatment FLT uptake distributions
ρpre,midCu-ATSM
Spatial (voxel) correlation between pretreatment and midtreatment Cu-ATSM uptake distributions

Abbreviations: SUV = standardized uptake value; GTV = gross tumor volume; FLT = 3′-deoxy-3′-18F-fluorothymidine; Cu-ATSM = copper(II)-diacetyl-bis(N4-methylthiosemicarbazone); FDG = 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose