Impact of PET/computed tomography image reconstruction methods on Hopkins score in therapy response assessment of head and neck cancer patients

Key Points

• The research aims to assess how different PET/CT image reconstruction methods affect the Hopkins score for therapy response in head and neck cancer patients.
• Utilized PET/CT imaging for head and neck cancer assessment
• Analyzed the impact of image reconstruction methods on the Hopkins score
• Evaluated the negative and positive predictive values of PET/CT
• PET/CT effectively provides a high negative predictive value (NPV) for therapy response assessment
• The positive predictive value (PPV) remains unsatisfactory, indicating challenges in accurate assessments