PET versus PET/CT dual-modality imaging in evaluation of lung cancer.
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.
Freudenberg
Lutz S
LS
Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Duisburg, Hufelandstrasse 55 D-45122, Essen, Germany. lutz.freudenberg@uni-essen.de
Rosenbaum
Sandra J
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Beyer
Thomas
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Bockisch
Andreas
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Antoch
Gerald
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