metavol
JA / EN
OPEN-SOURCE · since 2014

A tool to
measurePET/CT,
in everyone’s hands.

metavol is a family of PET-CT viewers that quantify MTV, TLG, SUVmax, and texture features. Three flavors — Windows desktop, web browser, and an amyloid-PET specialty build — for research and clinical workflows alike.

See the three products → Used in 60+ papers

01Our three products.

Pick the form factor that fits. All free, open-source, non-commercial.

Desktop · Windows Stable v3.0

metavol classicThe original PET-CT analysis desktop app

Since 2014, used in 60+ peer-reviewed nuclear medicine papers. Intuitive analysis of MTV, TLG, SUV, and texture features.

Windows 7/8/10/11FreeFDG-PETTexture
Download How to use
Web · Browser Beta

metavol-webOS-independent web DICOM viewer

A lightweight viewer that runs entirely in the browser. No install required, works on Mac and Linux. Great for teaching and quick screening.

Chrome / Edge / SafariDICOMFree
Open in browser Features
Amyloid PET Coming Soon

metavol for amyloidAmyloid-PET specialized build (coming soon)

A new build dedicated to amyloid-PET — Centiloid computation and template-based analysis in one place. Supports Alzheimer’s disease research.

Web / DesktopCentiloidAD研究
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02News / updates.

Releases, papers, updates. RSS feed coming soon.

release 2024.05.21 SurfaceMIP is released. → update 2022.10.08 Publication list has been updated. → paper 2019.03.18 Metavol used in a paper from Nagasaki University. → release 2018.09.12 PTexture package updated on GitHub. →
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03Publications / papers.

A selection of papers citing metavol. A full filterable list is on the way.

2024
Annals of Nuclear Medicine
SurfaceMIP for visual qualitative assessment of FDG-PET
— et al.
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2020
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Texture analysis of FDG-PET in head and neck cancer using PTexture
— et al.
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2019
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Metabolic tumor volume reproducibility using metavol
— et al.
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2018
Annals of Nuclear Medicine
Metavol: a free open-source software for tumor volumetric analysis on PET/CT images
Hirata K, et al.
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All publications (by year, by tag) →

04Citation / cite us.

When you use metavol in a publication or talk, please cite us as follows. Citations are the single biggest support for long-term development.

We provide BibTeX, RIS, APA, and Vancouver formats. A one-click copy-to-clipboard UI is on the roadmap.

@article{hirata2014metavol,
  title   = "Metavol: a free open-source software for tumor volumetric analysis on PET/CT",
  author  = "Hirata, K. and others",
  journal = "Annals of Nuclear Medicine",
  year    = "2018"
}