Background A single institution study was undertaken to evaluate the role of positron emission
tomography (PET) scans with fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) prior to radiation and following …

PURPOSE: To determine whether positron emission tomography (PET) can help differentiate
benign from malignant lesions of the salivary glands before surgery. MATERIALS AND …

All retrospective image registration methods have attached to them some intrinsic estimate of
registration error. However, this estimate of accuracy may not always be a good indicator of …

Objective In pregnant patients pulmonary embolism is a common occurrence with potentially
devastating outcomes, necessitating timely imaging diagnosis. In every patient, especially …

Purpose : Distinguishing persistent or recurrent tumor from postradiation edema, or soft
tissue/cartilage necrosis in patients treated for carcinoma of the larynx can be difficult. Because …

[F18]-2-deoxy-2fluoro-d-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) is increasingly
used in the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer. Despite its positive performance …

Background Positron emission tomography (PET) scanningis used increasingly to detect
and stage lung cancer, but the testperformance characteristics and relationship of PET to …

METhODS Cr and PET 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose (FDG) studiesof six patients, obtained
during a clinical study of the efficacy of PET scanning in lung cancer staging, provided the …

This investigation sought to determine which collimation factors were most important in
providing superior image quality with a three-headed SPECT device. The relationship between …

SPRINT, a prototype single photon tomograph, has been designed primarily for high-resolution
brain imaging in humans with I-123-labeled compounds such as iodoamphetamine, …