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A Whole-Body PSMA-PET/CT dataset with manually annotated tumor lesions

We describe a publicly available, large, annotated dataset of 597 whole-body Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography (PET/CT) studies with Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA)-targeting radiotracers ([18 F]PSMA and [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11) from 378 male patients with suspected or diagnosed prostate carcinoma. Scans were acquired between 2014 and 2022 on three clinical PET/CT scanners. The imaging protocol consisted of PET and diagnostic CT acquisitions extending from the skull base to the mid-thigh. All PSMA-expressing tumor lesions were manually segmented on the PET images in 3D space using dedicated software. The dataset includes anonymized DICOM files of all PET/CT studies, corresponding DICOM segmentation masks, and a TSV file with patient age, PET/CT manufacturer and model name, PET radionuclide, and information on whether CT contrast agent was used. We demonstrate how this dataset can be used for deep learning-based automated analysis of PET/CT. Together with a previously published whole-body Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET/CT dataset, this dataset was provided in the Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention Society (MICCAI) registered autoPET III and IV Grand Challenges to enable the development of multi-tracer machine learning models for automated lesion segmentation in whole-body PET/CT.

  • Jeblick, K.
  • Schachtner, B.
  • Mittermeier, A.
  • Dexl, J.
  • Wesp, P.
  • Kustner, T.
  • Gatidis, S.
  • Fruh, M.
  • Fabritius, M. P.
  • Herr, F.
  • Unterrainer, L.
  • Klimek, K.
  • Sheikh, G.
  • Boning, G.
  • Brendel, M.
  • Ricke, J.
  • Werner, R. A.
  • Gu, S.
  • Sundar, L. K. S.
  • Ingrisch, M.
  • Geyer, T.
  • Cyran, C.

Keywords

  • Humans
  • *Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
  • Male
  • *Prostatic Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging
  • Whole Body Imaging
  • *Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II
  • Deep Learning
  • Antigens, Surface
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
Publication details
DOI: 10.1038/s41597-026-07821-z
Journal: Sci Data
Number: 1
Work Type: Original
Location: CPC-M
Disease Area: General Lung and Other
Partner / Member: KUM
Access-Number: 42432027
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