PET, CT, and MR Imaging for Assessment of Thoracic Malignancy: Structure Meets Function [0.03%]
胸部恶性肿瘤的影像学评估：解剖与功能并重-PET、CT和MR成像
Sharyn Katz,Thomas Ferrara,Abass Alavi et al.
Sharyn Katz et al.
Imaging of patients with thoracic malignancy usually requires a multimodality approach. Each of these modalities has its own strengths and weaknesses. CT remains central to the staging and restaging of thoracic malignancies, but has recentl...
Shamim Ahmed Shamim,Drew A Torigian,Rakesh Kumar
Shamim Ahmed Shamim
This review focuses mainly on clinical applications of PET/CT in patients with breast cancer. It discusses the role of 2-[18F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) PET/CT (and FDG PET) in the diagnosis and initial staging of breast cancer, in mon...
PET/CT in Neuroendocrine Tumors: Evaluation of Receptor Status and Metabolism [0.03%]
神经内分泌肿瘤的正电子发射/X线计算机体层摄影术检查：受体状态和代谢评估
Vikas Prasad,Valentina Ambrosini,Abass Alavi et al.
Vikas Prasad et al.
In-111 Octreoscan is considered the gold standard for imaging of neuroendocrine tumors (NET). However, in the absence of morphologic imaging correlation, the exact localization of the tumor is often difficult. Also the sensitivity of PET im...
PET/CT-MR Imaging in Head and Neck Cancer Including Pitfalls and Physiologic Variations [0.03%]
头颈部肿瘤的PET/CT-MR影像诊断包括陷阱和生理性变异
Laurie A Loevner,Ann K Kim,Igor Mikityansky
Laurie A Loevner
This article emphasizes the strengths and potential pitfalls of functional and anatomic imaging in patients who have head and neck cancer with an emphasis on the treated neck, including patients who have undergone surgery and/or radiation t...
Erik S Musiek,Drew A Torigian,Andrew B Newberg
Erik S Musiek
Neuroimaging with positron emission tomography (PET) provides metabolic and molecular information that cannot be obtained from other imaging modalities and provides novel insights into the pathogenesis and diagnosis of a diverse array of ne...
Michael F Goldberg,Sanjeev Chawla,Abass Alavi et al.
Michael F Goldberg et al.
A better understanding of tumorigenesis is crucial for the development of specific molecular therapies that specifically target the neoplasm and reduce patient morbidity and mortality. PET measures a wide range of physiologic processes crit...
Habib Zaidi,Marie-Louise Montandon,Abass Alavi
Habib Zaidi
Multimodality image registration and fusion have a key role in routine diagnosis, staging, restaging, and the assessment of response to treatment, surgery, and radiotherapy planning of malignant disease. The complementarity between anatomic...
David B Stout,Habib Zaidi
David B Stout
Multimodality small-animal molecular imaging has become increasingly important as transgenic and knockout mice are produced to model human diseases. With the ever-increasing number and importance of human disease models, particularly in rod...
Applications of Small Animal Imaging with PET, PET/CT, and PET/MR Imaging [0.03%]
小动物PET、PET/CT和PET/MR影像学的应用
Cristina Nanni,Drew A Torigian
Cristina Nanni
Small animal techniques of PET, MR imaging, and CT are most frequently applied in preclinical oncology research, but cardiovascular and neurologic research protocols can also take advantage of these innovative approaches. PET is used to pro...
Sushil Beriwal,Roger M Macklis,Sandip Basu
Sushil Beriwal