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Table 1 Hopkins, Deauville, and Cuneo criteria for HNSCC post-treatment evaluation

From: [18F]FDG PET/CT in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a head-to-head between visual point-scales and the added value of multi-modality imaging

 

Score 1

Score 2

Score 3

Score 4

Score 5

Score 6

Hopkins

Minimal uptake

 < IJV

Minimal uptake

 > IJV but < liver

Diffuse uptake

 > IJV and liver

Moderate focal uptake

 > liver

Intense focal uptake

 >  > liver

 

Deauville

No uptake

Minimal uptake

 < MBP

Low-grade uptake

 > MBP but < liver

Moderate focal uptake

 > liver

Intense focal uptake

 > 2 × liver or new lesions

 

Cuneo

No uptake

Residual uptake

 > MDP but < liver + absent local background

Residual uptake

 > MDP but < liver + local background

Focal uptake

 > liver + 

local background

Focal uptake

 > liver + absent local background

Focal uptake

 >  > liver

  1. IJV internal jugular vein, MBP mediastinal blood pool