title: Feasible Method to enable clear visualization of suspected bladder cancer with 18F-FDG PET/CT.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate value of a new method in detecting bladder lesion with (18)F-FDG PET/CT.
  
  
  METHODS
  Routine and delayed scans of 14 patients were retrospectively studied. All these bladder lesions were confirmed by pathology. By increasing display threshold of SUVmax, routine images were analyzed for the second time.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 12 (18)F-FDG-avid cases, 10 cases were confirmed to be primary bladder carcinoma, 2 false-positive cases were inflammation. There were 25% positive cases on routine display and 50% on display with increased SUVmax threshold.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The method can effectively increase the sensitivity and accuracy in detecting bladder cancer with (18)F-FDG PET/CT.
authors.affiliation: Department of PET/CT, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University Medical College (Municipal Central Hospital of Qingdao), No127. SiLiu Nan Street, QingDao City, ShanDong Province, 266042, P.R. China. Electronic address: fangna7859@163.com.
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.affiliation: Department of PET/CT, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University Medical College (Municipal Central Hospital of Qingdao), No127. SiLiu Nan Street, QingDao City, ShanDong Province, 266042, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Yan-li
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of PET/CT, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University Medical College (Municipal Central Hospital of Qingdao), No127. SiLiu Nan Street, QingDao City, ShanDong Province, 266042, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.affiliation: Department of PET/CT, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University Medical College (Municipal Central Hospital of Qingdao), No127. SiLiu Nan Street, QingDao City, ShanDong Province, 266042, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Zeng-jie
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of PET/CT, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University Medical College (Municipal Central Hospital of Qingdao), No127. SiLiu Nan Street, QingDao City, ShanDong Province, 266042, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Xin-jian
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.affiliation: Department of PET/CT, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University Medical College (Municipal Central Hospital of Qingdao), No127. SiLiu Nan Street, QingDao City, ShanDong Province, 266042, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of PET/CT, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University Medical College (Municipal Central Hospital of Qingdao), No127. SiLiu Nan Street, QingDao City, ShanDong Province, 266042, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Shan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Department of PET/CT, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University Medical College (Municipal Central Hospital of Qingdao), No127. SiLiu Nan Street, QingDao City, ShanDong Province, 266042, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ding
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003558:Cystoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D051598:Whole Body Imaging / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
keywords: (18)F-FDG; Bladder cancer; Delayed imaging; PET/CT