Can PET/CT replace separate diagnostic CT for cancer imaging? Optimizing CT protocols for imaging cancers of the chest and abdomen

H Kuehl, P Veit, SJ Rosenbaum… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2007 - Soc Nuclear Med
Stage-adapted treatment in oncology relies on correct tumor staging for patients with
malignant diseases. To ensure accurate assessment of the tumor stage in thoracic and …

Integrated PET-CT: evidence-based review of oncology indications.

I Sachelarie, K Kerr, M Ghesani… - Oncology (Williston Park …, 2005 - europepmc.org
Over the past few years, positron-emission tomography (PET) has been increasingly used in
oncology. More recently, the fusion of the functional imaging provided by PET with the …

[BOOK][B] Clinical PET-CT in radiology: integrated imaging in oncology

P Shreve, DW Townsend - 2011 - Springer
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[HTML][HTML] Role and cost effectiveness of PET/CT in management of patients with cancer

MW Saif, I Tzannou, N Makrilia… - The Yale journal of …, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
PET/CT is a relatively new imaging technology, whose undoubted advantages are valuable
in clinical oncology as well as in all fields of diagnosis, staging, and treatment. The hardware …

The impact of hybrid PET-CT scan on overall oncologic management, with a focus on radiotherapy planning: a prospective, blinded study

TJ Kruser, KA Bradley, SM Bentzen… - … in cancer research …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Functional imaging using fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography (FDG-PET)
has been increasing incorporated into radiotherapy planning in conjunction with computed …

Improvements in cancer staging with PET/CT: literature-based evidence as of September 2006

J Czernin, M Allen-Auerbach… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2007 - Soc Nuclear Med
PET/CT with 18 F-FDG is increasingly being used for staging, restaging, and treatment
monitoring for cancer patients. CT is still frequently used only for attenuation correction and …

Why nearly all PET of abdominal and pelvic cancers will be performed as PET/CT

RL Wahl - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2004 - Soc Nuclear Med
Clinical experience at Johns Hopkins and published literature regarding PET/CT
applications in the abdomen and pelvis are reviewed, and the strengths and limitations of …

[HTML][HTML] PET-CT in clinical adult oncology: III. gastrointestinal malignancies

BR Koppula, GC Fine, AE Salem, MF Covington… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Positron emission tomography (PET), typically combined with computed
tomography (CT), has become a critical advanced imaging technique in oncology. With PET …

Technology Insight: advances in molecular imaging and an appraisal of PET/CT scanning

WA Weber, AL Grosu, J Czernin - Nature Clinical Practice Oncology, 2008 - nature.com
PET/CT imaging has rapidly emerged as an important imaging tool in oncology. The
success of PET/CT imaging is based on several features. First, patients benefit from a …

Practical approach to diagnostic CT combined with PET

TZ Wong, EK Paulson, RC Nelson… - American Journal of …, 2007 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. Protocols for PET/CT are not yet standardized. In particular, image quality,
utilization, and reporting of the findings of the CT component of PET/CT can vary widely …