AIF |
Arterial input function |
AJCC |
American Joint Committee on Cancer |
D |
Pure diffusion coefficient [mm2/s] |
D* |
Pseudo-diffusion coefficient [mm2/s] |
DCE |
Dynamic contrast enhanced |
DMFS |
Distant metastasis-free survival |
DWI |
Diffusion-weighted imaging |
f |
Perfusion fraction |
GTV |
Gross tumor volume |
HNSCC |
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma |
IVIM |
Intravoxel incoherent motion |
Kep
|
The rate constant for transfer of contrast agent from extravascular, extracellular space to the plasma [min−1] |
Ktrans
|
The rate constant for transfer of contrast agent from plasma to extravascular, extracellular space [min−1] |
LRC |
Loco-regional control |
LRF |
Loco-regional failure |
LRFFS |
Loco-regional failure-free survival |
MATV |
Mean of the active tumor volume |
OPSCC |
Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma |
OS |
Overall survival |
SUV_mean |
Mean of SUV included in the VOI |
SUV_peak |
Sphere of 8 voxels around the voxel with the highest SUV in the delineated VOI |
TLG |
Total lesion glycolysis (SUVmean × MATV) |
TLG40% |
Total lesion glycolysis, including voxels with SUV higher than 40% of SUV_peak |
Ve
|
Fractional volume of the extravascular extracellular space |