PET/CT unplugged: the merging technologies of PET and CT imaging.
OBJECTIVE
This article discusses the current and potential issues physicians are facing as PET/CT is integrated into medical practice.


CONCLUSIONS
A variety of issues related to PET/CT were discussed at the 2004 ARRS annual meeting. Among the conclusions were that both PET and CT portions of a PET/CT scan need to be reviewed for adequate patient care, and that nuclear medicine should not be exempt from current self-referral legislation.
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James A
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Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, Tompkins East-2, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
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