title: What is new in nuclear medicine imaging?
abstract: Modern nuclear medicine tests can be of great help to today's surgical oncologists. The new techniques of positron emission tomography (PET) and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), and the availability of new radiopharmaceuticals for localization of tumors and assessment of organ function provide information vital to the management of oncology patients.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1180, USA.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ferrand
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dilsizian
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Neumann
mesh_terms: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D015642:Radiology, Interventional; D011875:Radionuclide Angiography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D013004:Somatostatin; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; C081788:pentetreotide