Liver Metastases [0.03%]
肝转移病灶
Roland Hustinx,Nancy Witvrouw,Tino Tancredi
Roland Hustinx
Many imaging techniques are available to evaluate metastatic spread to the liver. This article discusses the diagnostic performances of ultrasonography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography and the d...
Jong Doo Lee,Won Jun Kang,Mijin Yun
Jong Doo Lee
F-18-FDG PET and PET/CT are useful for staging, predicting the prognosis, and evaluating recurrence and treatment response in hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) and cholangiocarcinomas. Increased F-18-FDG uptake within tumors could be a surro...
Dominique Delbeke,William H Martin
Dominique Delbeke
FDG PET imaging is useful for preoperative diagnosis of pancreatic carcinoma in patients with suspected pancreatic cancer in whom CT fails to identify a discrete tumor mass or in whom FNAs are nondiagnostic. FDG PET imaging is useful for M ...
Max Lonneux
Max Lonneux
This article reviews the current use of FDG PET/CT for assessment of colorectal cancer. Initial diagnosis and staging are covered, as well as detection and staging of tumor recurrence. The current place of FDG PET/CT is discussed in light o...
PET and PET/CT in the Diagnosis and Staging of Esophageal and Gastric Cancers [0.03%]
胃癌及食管癌的诊断与分期中的正电子发射断层扫描及正电子发射-X射线计算机体层成像融合显影技术
Jeremy J Erasmus,Eric M Rohren,Roland Hustinx
Jeremy J Erasmus
Esophageal and gastric cancers are among the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Determining stage of disease at presentation is important in the selection of appropriate management. PET and integrated PET/CT are increasingly...
Rakesh Kumar,Jaseena Elikkottil,Suhas Singla et al.
Rakesh Kumar et al.
The elderly constitute a significant proportion of patient population in most developed countries, and their numbers are expected to increase in the coming years. The number of clinical applications for PET and PET/CT continue to increase. ...
Thomas F Hany
Thomas F Hany
PET/CT methodology is intrinsically divided into PET and CT data acquisition, whereas CT data are used for attenuation correction of PET images. Because CT data are also used for lesion localization, attention has been turned on the optimiz...
David Fuster,Domenico Rubello
David Fuster
David Fuster,Francesca Pons,Domenico Rubello et al.
David Fuster et al.
(18)F FDG-PET has proven its use as a technique in the field of melanoma, but there are valid concerns related to the specificity of (18)F FDG-PET findings and the degree of accuracy we can expect in the assessment of response to new treatm...
Gaia Grassetto,David Fuster,Abass Alavi et al.
Gaia Grassetto et al.
Noncutaneous melanoma is a rare entity for which there is still no agreement about management. The rarity of this disease has resulted in a lack of significant investigation and insufficient opportunity to evaluate the epidemiologic feature...