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Use of Pet/Ct Scanning in Cancer Patients: Technical and Practical Considerations

2005; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 18; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/08998280.2005.11928089

ISSN

1525-3252

Autores

Landis K. Griffeth,

Tópico(s)

Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques

Resumo

This overview of the oncologic applications of positron emission tomography (PET) focuses on the technical aspects and clinical applications of a newer technique: the combination of a PET scanner and a computed tomography (CT) scanner in a single (PET/CT) device. Examples illustrate how PET/CT contributes to patient care and improves upon the previous state-of-the-art method of comparing a PET scan with a separate CT scan. Finally, the author presents some of the results from studies of PET/CT imaging that are beginning to appear in the literature.

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