Multiple biomedical imaging techniques are used in all phases of cancer management.
Imaging forms an essential part of cancer clinical protocols and is able to furnish …

Bone is the most common site of distant metastases from breast carcinoma. The presence of
bone metastases affects a patient's prognosis, quality of life, and the planning of their …

In view of the commercial success of integrated PET/CT scanners, there is an increasing
interest in comparable SPECT/CT systems. SPECT in combination with CT enables a direct …

The last decade has seen the development of hybrid imaging technologies combining
positron emission tomography (PET) or single-photon emission computed tomography …

Purpose Freehand SPECT is a 3-D tomographic imaging modality based on data acquisition
with a hand-held detector that is moved freely, in contrast to conventional, fixed gamma …

Background Melanoma is one of the most aggressive forms of skin cancer, with the potential
to metastasise to other parts of the body via the lymphatic system and the bloodstream …

The incremental diagnostic value of integrated positron emission tomography–computed
tomography (PET/CT) or single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)/CT images …

The value of SPECT/CT for detection and localization of sentinel nodes is reviewed.
SPECT/CT depicts extra sentinel nodes and identifies non‐nodal tracer accumulation …

It has been validated that sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) shows whether a patient's
breast cancer or melanoma has spread to regional lymph nodes. As a result, management …

Laparoscopic evaluation of sentinel nodes is useful for staging prostate cancer, but
preoperative localization of deep abdominal sentinel nodes with planar lymphoscintigraphy …