Recent research has suggested that one novel mechanism of action for anti-obesity medications is to stimulate the activation of brown adipose tissue (BAT). FDG PET/CT remains the gold standard for defining and quantifying BAT. SUVmax is the most often used quantification tool in clinical practice. However, this parameter does not reflect the entire BAT volume. As a potential method for precisely evaluating BAT, we have utilised metabolic tumour volume (MTV) and total lesion glycolysis (TLG) to answer the question: Are MTV and TLG accurate in quantifying the intensity of BAT activation? After analysing the total number of oncological F-FDG PET/CT scans between 2021-2023, we selected patients with active BAT. Based on the BAT SUVmax, the patients were divided into BAT-moderate activation (MA) vs. BAT-high activation (HA). Furthermore, we statistically analysed the accuracy of TLG and MTV in assessing BAT activation intensity. The results showed that both parameters increased their predictive value regarding BAT activation, and presented a significantly high sensitivity and specificity for the correct classification of BAT activation intensity. To conclude, these parameters could be important indicators with increased accuracy for classifying BAT expression, and could bring additional information about the volume of BAT to complement the limitations of the SUVmax.
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