Positron emission tomography (PET)
Lhermitte Duclos disease presenting with positron emission tomography magnetic resonance fusion imaging: a case report
... by positron emission tomography (PET) and sin- gle-photon emission computed tomography in the metabolic evaluation of LDD, by using radiotracers such as fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose ...
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Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of Atherosclerosis
... Atherosclerosis-related cardiovascular events are the leading causes of death in the industrialized world. Atherosclerosis develops insidiously and the initial manifestation is usually sudden cardiac death, stroke, or ...
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Geoscientific process monitoring with positron emission tomography (GeoPET)
... µ-CT. Positron emission tomography (PET) pro- vides an alternative experimental observation method which directly and quantitatively yields the spatio-temporal distri- bution of tracer ...
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Positron Emission Tomography: A paradigm in imaging sciences
... Positron emission tomography(PET) is a noninvasive, diagnostic nuclear imaging technique that produces three- dimensional images of functional processes of the ...
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Original Article Role of 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in patients with nasal-type natural killer T-cell lymphoma
... Abstract: We assessed the potential of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose 18F-FDG positron emission tomography/computed tomography PET/CT imaging in the diagnosis and staging of patients with nasal-[r] ...
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Tumor Quantification in Clinical Positron Emission Tomography
... Positron emission tomography (PET) is used extensively in clinical oncology for tumor detection, staging and therapy response assessment. Quantitative measurements of tumor uptake, usually in the ...
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Positron emission tomography imaging in gliomas
... patients. Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging using various tracers takes advantage of the increased metabolic rate of neoplastic cells, in order to detect tumors and validate the treatment ...
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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
... Positron emission tomography (PET) is a scientific tool used for probing biochemical processes. Owing to the researches in the field of instrumentation and synthetic chemistry, PET has grown by ...
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Vascular reserve in chronic cerebral ischemia measured by the acetazolamide challenge test: comparison with positron emission tomography
... by positron emission tomography, are reliable indicators of the existence of hemo- dynamic stress, they are not widely available to most clinicians because of the limited number of positron ...
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Fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography computed tomography scan showing polyarthritis in a patient with an atypical presentation of Henoch Schönlein vasculitis without clinical signs of arthritis: a case report
... fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography scan to exclude a possible malignant cause or to detect any infectious or autoimmune focus of his ...
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F 18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography computed tomography for the diagnosis of Takayasu's arteritis in stroke: a case report
... F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography showed inflammatory activity in the aorta and carotid arteries, suggestive of Takayasu's arteritis in a young stroke ...
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Prostate cancer imaging: positron-emission tomography perspectives
... Abstract: There is a pressing demand for more accurate characterization of prostate cancer to provide risk-adapted patient-specific therapy, especially with the recent development of a growing repertoire of treatment ...
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Contrast-enhanced [18 F] fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography in clinical oncology: tumor-, site-, and question-based comparison with standard positron emission tomography/computed tomography
... Contrast-enhanced computed tomography technique The CT scan was performed immediately after comple- tion of PET acquisition, planned with the same scout view. In most cases, a pre-contrast diagnostic scan was not ...
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The role of positron emission tomography in the management of colorectal cancer
... These indices can be useful in distinguishing inflammatory from neoplastic tissue uptake and monitoring disease versus time and/or therapy, but significant spread of this type of data must be taken into account. The use ...
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Multimodality imaging with CT, MR and FDG-PET for radiotherapy target volume delineation in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma
... F]-Fluoro-D-glucose positron emission tomography- computed tomography (FDG PET-CT) is a widely used functional imaging technique in oncology; tumour cells exhibit differential glucose uptake ...
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<p>Primary Pulmonary Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma Mimicking Metastasis: A Case Report and Literature Review</p>
... Subsequent positron emission tomography-computed tomo- graphy (PET/CT) scanning in a tertiary hospital revealed hypermetabolic lesions consistent with bone metastases in T6, L2, and the ...given. ...
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Dynamic contrast enhanced CT in nodule characterization: How we review and report
... computed tomography (CT) ...computed tomography (DCE-CT), 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography ( 18 ...
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131I-Labeled Copper Sulfide-Loaded Microspheres to Treat Hepatic Tumors via Hepatic Artery Embolization
... PET/CT: positron emission tomography/computed tomography; RFA: radiofrequency ablation; TACE: transarterial chemoembolization; PEI: percutaneous ethanol injection; IA: intra-arterial; DEB: ...
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Altered cerebral glucose metabolism normalized in a patient with a pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder after streptococcal infection (PANDAS)-like condition following treatment with plasmapheresis: a case report
... with PANDAS are mainly restricted to magnetic reson- ance imaging (MRI) describing increased volumes of the basal ganglia. [8, 9] One study could demonstrate in- creased microglia-mediated neuroinflammation in the basal ...
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