Emission computed tomography
Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography (SPECT CT) Use in Osteosarcoma with Lung Uptake
... A 15-year-old patient with osteosarcoma of left distal femur underwent a bone scan with Tc-99m hydroxymethylenediphosphonate (HDP). Whole body bone scan revealed extensive bone and thoracic metastases. Single Photon ...
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Single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography imaging of RAGE in smoking-induced lung injury
... computerized tomography (CT) is the currently available imaging platform to assess lung disease after de- struction has ...photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with CT or positron ...
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Osseous vitality in single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) after balloon tibioplasty of the tibial plateau: a case series
... photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) delivers a highly sensitive 3-dimensional (3-D) image through varying intensity of emitted gamma rays based on the reactive changes and metabolism of a ...
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Radiolabeling, whole-body single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography imaging, and pharmacokinetics of carbon nanohorns in mice
... mice. Their tissue distribution profiles at different time points were determined by single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography. The results showed that the S-CNHs ...
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Diagnostic accuracy of coronary opacification derived from coronary computed tomography angiography to detect ischemia: first validation versus single-photon emission computed tomography
... coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) has recently provided encouraging ...single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging ...
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The value of 99mTc-methylene diphosphonate single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography in diagnosis of fibrous dysplasia
... Tc-methylene diphosphonate ( 99m Tc-MDP) uptake on whole-body bone scintigraphy (WBS), which may mimic bone metastasis or skeletal involvement of the patients with known cancer. Thus, the purpose of present study is to ...
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The application of Monte Carlo simulation to the design of collimators for single photon emission computed tomography
... camera tomography is to obtain images from a low energy window (viewing only the scatter contribution), the outline of patient being well defined by the outline of the reconstructed tomograms (Younes et al, 1988; ...
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Safety and biodistribution of 111 In-amatuximab in patients with mesothelin expressing cancers using Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography-Computed Tomography (SPECT-CT) imaging
... For all patients and at all imaging time points, target lesion TBR was at least 1.2 range 1.2− 62.0, which is considered the minimum TBR that can be visualized.17 Figure 1 shows mean TBR[r] ...
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MRI-Based Attenuation Correction in Emission Computed Tomography
... Clearly, an MRI requires post-processing to yield a valid µ-map. We have seen this concept applied to transmission scans to correct their deficiencies. For instance, recall that image segmentation can be used to ...
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Imaging in breast cancer: Single photon computed tomography and positron emission tomography
... Although mammography remains a key imaging method for the early detection and screening of breast cancer, the overall accuracy of this test remains low. Several radiopharmaceuticals have been proposed as adjunct imaging ...
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Review Article Progress of positron emission tomography/computed tomography in the management of nasopharyngeal carcinoma
... positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) ...
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Effectiveness of Respiratory-gated Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography for Radiotherapy Planning in Patients with Lung Carcinoma – A Systematic Review
... The use of software gating should reduce the complexity of data acquisition and allow standardisation of technique ahead of a multi-centre trials A prospective study correlating histol[r] ...
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18-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in the Management of Aggressive Non-Hodgkin's B-Cell Lymphoma
... This paper will discuss the role of FDG-PET/CT in the pretreatment staging, restaging, treatment monitoring, assessment of transformation, and posttherapy surveillance of patients with a[r] ...
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The Value of 18 Fluorine-fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Imaging in Breast Cancer Staging
... positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT), there was no change in staging, but FDG PET/CT reveals right pleural and osseous lesions that were indistinct in CT, (b) FDG PET/CT ...
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Performance of 18F sodium fluoride positron emission tomography with computed tomography to assess inflammatory and structural sacroiliitis on magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography, respectively, in axial spondyloarthritis
... positron emission tomography (PET) has been investigated in several inflam- matory diseases, such as polymyalgia rheumatica, vasculitis, rheumatoid arthritis, and SpA [13, ...
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An overview of computed tomography
... EXAMPLE 4: NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE H1AGING 5.5.1 Underlying Physical Process 5.5.2 Imaging Principle 5.5.3 Tissue Characterisation 5.5.4 Physical System Components 5.5.5 Inherent Limi[r] ...
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Can positron emission tomography - computed tomography imaging predict of metastases in patients with small cell lung cancer
... Positron emission tomography - computed tomography (PET/CT) has become increasingly used as an initial staging tool in patients with ...
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F 18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography computed tomography for the diagnosis of Takayasu's arteritis in stroke: a case report
... distinctive phases: a prepulseless (inflammatory or sys- temic) phase and a pulseless phase. Clinical disease pre- ceding the pulseless phase of TA will not fulfill the diagnostic criteria of the American College of ...
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In vivo molecular imaging of experimental joint inflammation by combined 18F FDG positron emission tomography and computed tomography
... positron emission tomography/computed tomography To analyze the usefulness of micro-PET/CT imaging for monitoring severity of inflammatory arthritis, 18 F-FDG uptake in paws from a total of 42 ...
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Routine use of positron emission tomography/computed tomography for staging of primary colorectal cancer: Does it affect clinical management?
... Colorectal malignancies are the third most common cancer and a common cause of cancer related death [1]. Accurate preoperative staging of colorectal carcinoma (CRC) is essential for evaluating the expected prognosis and ...
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