POSITRON-EMISSION-TOMOGRAPHY
Lhermitte Duclos disease presenting with positron emission tomography magnetic resonance fusion imaging: a case report
... underwent positron emission tomography-computed tomography with fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose for evaluation of a solitary lung ...the positron emission ...
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High rate of cardiac sarcoidosis presenting with cutaneous plaque type sarcoidosis in 18F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography computed tomography: a case series
... Case presentations: This report comprises the cases of 12 Japanese patients. Two were male, and ten were female. Their age range was between 32 and 93 years. The average age of the patients was 63. We found internal ...
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F 18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography computed tomography for the diagnosis of Takayasu's arteritis in stroke: a case report
... tron emission tomography-computed tomography showing fluorodeoxyglucose accumulation in the carotid arteries, ascending aorta, and the abdominal aorta cranial to the aneu- rysm (arrows with ...
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Clinical and radiographic differentiation of lung nodules caused by mycobacteria and lung cancer: a case–control study
... Results: Several variables were correlated with a diagnosis of mycobacterial infection or lung cancer on univariate analysis. Such variable include smoking status and history, lesion size and imaging evidence of ...
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Review Article Progress of positron emission tomography/computed tomography in the management of nasopharyngeal carcinoma
... involves positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) ...
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Breast schwannoma in a patient with diffuse large B cell lymphoma: a case report
... Schwannoma is a slow-growing tumor arising from the nerve sheath of peripheral, cranial and autonomic ner- ves. It commonly occurs in the neck, head and exten- sor surfaces of the extremities [1,2]. A schwannoma is ...
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PET in uterine malignancies
... Positron Emission Tomography (PET) or inte- grated PET/Computed Tomography (PET/CT) with 18 F-Fluoro-Deoxy-Glucose ( 18 F-FDG) is a fu- nctional imaging modality, useful in the char- ...
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Vascular reserve in chronic cerebral ischemia measured by the acetazolamide challenge test: comparison with positron emission tomography
... appropriate positron emission tomography sections of the cerebral blood flow image to the cerebral blood volume, cerebral oxygen metabolism, and oxygen extraction fraction im- ...for positron ...
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Positron Emission Tomography Compartmental Models
... Compartmental analysis forms the basis for tracer kinetic modeling in Positron Emission Tomography (PET). Well established compartmental models in PET include those used for the quantification of ...
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A review and update on positron emission tomography
... of positron emission tomography many decades ago, this imaging modality has grown appreciably as one of the most valued imageology in both health and ...
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Localization of Oncogenic Osteomalacia by Systemic Venous Sampling of Fibroblast Growth Factor 23
... fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission to- mography with computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) in case 3 reveals mild FDG uptake in the left femoral ...
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18F fluoro deoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan findings in Rosai Dorfman disease with IgG4 positive plasma cell infiltration mimicking breast malignancy: a case report and literature review
... integrated positron emission tomography/ computed tomography (PET/CT) as a whole-body ima- ging tool has proven to be a valuable imaging technique for distinguishing neoplastic from benign ...
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A low grade chondrosarcoma presenting as an unusual cervical mass in the hyoid bone: a case report
... Computed tomography (CT) demonstrated a gourd-shaped distension of bone in the area extending from the body of the hyoid bone to the right greater ...fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomo- graphy ...
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Imaging in breast cancer: Single photon computed tomography and positron emission tomography
... computed tomography (CT) scanner for simultaneous PET and CT (PET/CT) imaging to combine the sensitivity of PET imaging with the anatomical localization capabilities of ...CT. Positron-emission ...
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Cryoablation of cardiophrenic angle lymph node metastases: a case report
... A positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) examination showed an active nodule between the heart and the diaphragm suggestive of lymph node metastases, involving the parietal ...
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Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography (PET CT) in Head and Neck Pathology
... substantial. Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography (PET-CT) combines the power of biological / mo- lecular imaging with the anatomic detail of CT in order to provide a very ...
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Early outcome prediction on 18F-fluorocholine PET/CT in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer patients treated with abiraterone
... FCH-PET/CT scans were performed on an integrated PET/CT system (Discovery Discovery LS camera, General Electric Medical Systems, Waukesha, WI) in 2D acquisition mode for 3 minutes per bed position. PET scanning was ...
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Significance of Metabolic Tumor Volume and Total Lesion Glycolysis Measured Using 18F FDG PET/CT in Locally Advanced and Metastatic Gallbladder Carcinoma
... The medical records of each patient were investigated for sex, age, histologic typing, performance status (PS), extrahepatic metastases, carcinomatosis, and treatment modality. Histologic typing was classified as well, ...
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Multimodality imaging with CT, MR and FDG-PET for radiotherapy target volume delineation in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma
... Target volume delineation in the treatment of head and neck cancers is a critical issue in the current era of highly conformal radiotherapy with intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) techniques. Steep dose gradients ...
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The Specificity of a Diagnostic FDG PET Study Is a Function of the Patient and the Location
... In 2001 Sam Gambhir et al. published a supplement to the Journal of Nuclear Medicine reviewing the operating characteristics of Positron emission tomogra- phy with fluorine-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG-PET) ...
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