title: PET versus PET/CT dual-modality imaging in evaluation of lung cancer.
abstract: Software coregistration of FDG-PET and CT datasets as well as integrated FDG-PET/CT enable significantly more accurate assessment of NSCLC staging than either modality alone. Integrated FDG-PET/CT has been shown to be more accurate in NSCLC staging than FDG-PET and CT read side by side. However, the benefits of anatometabolic imaging using FDG-PET/CT can only be fully exploited if optimized acquisition protocols are implemented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Duisburg, Hufelandstrasse 55 D-45122, Essen, Germany. lutz.freudenberg@uni-essen.de
authors.forename: Lutz S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Freudenberg
authors.forename: Sandra J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Rosenbaum
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Beyer
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bockisch
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Antoch