title: Dual isotope F-18 FDG and Tc-99m RBC imaging for lung cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To produce fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) images with markers for normal organs and large blood vessels in patients with suspected lung cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  Dual isotope SPECT images were made using F-18 FDG- and Tc-99m-labeled autologous red cells.
  
  
  RESULTS
  FDG-positive lesions are localized in relation to major structures when they are viewed in a fused rotating three-dimensional display or in cross sections.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Tc-99m red cell and FDG fusion imaging provides relative location information for lung tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, VAMC and Indiana University, Indianapolis 46202, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Burt
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004912:Erythrocytes; D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000379:methods*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m