title: A spectrum of SPECT/CT image fusion applications in daily clinical practice.
abstract: Direct multimodality image correlation optimizes interpretation and diagnostic confidence, thereby enriching the radiologist's role in guiding clinical management. The primary advantages of SPECT/CT image fusion are more accurate identification and localization of disease and improved specificity. As illustrated here, software-based SPECT/CT image fusion enhances diagnosis for a variety of clinical presentations using the armamentarium of common radiopharmaceuticals, but without the costs of hybrid systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA. stephenhobbs.md@gmail.com
authors.forename: Stephen B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Hobbs
authors.forename: Bryan W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Hamon
authors.forename: M Elizabeth
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Oates
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals