Abstract
PET/CT imaging has rapidly emerged as an important imaging tool in oncology. The success of PET/CT imaging is based on several features. First, patients benefit from a comprehensive diagnostic anatomical and functional (molecular) whole-body survey in a single session. Second, PET/CT provides more-accurate diagnostic information than PET or CT alone. Third, PET/CT imaging allows radiation oncologists to use the functional information provided by PET scans for radiation treatment planning. In this Review we discuss the technical features of PET/CT, its economic aspects within the health-care system, and its role in diagnosis, staging, restaging and treatment monitoring as well as radiation planning in patients with cancer.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 160-170 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Keywords
- CT
- Molecular imaging
- Multimodality imaging
- PeT
- PeT/CT
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