title: PET-Computed Tomography in Veterinary Medicine.
abstract: PET/CT is an advanced imaging modality that is becoming more commonly used in veterinary medicine. It is most commonly used to image patients with cancer, and the most frequently used radiopharmaceutical is F-18 FDG. F-18 FDG is a glucose analog that highlights areas of increased glucose metabolism on the PET images. CT images provide excellent anatomic depiction and aid in interpretation of the PET data. Many types of cancer are hypermetabolic on PET/CT scans, but normal structures and areas of inflammation are also hypermetabolic, so knowledge of normal imaging and cytologic or histopathologic evaluation of lesions is essential.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Colorado State University, ACC 135, 300 West Drake Road, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1620, USA. Electronic address: elissa.randall@colostate.edu.
authors.forename: Elissa K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Randall
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002415:Cats; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004285:Dogs; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000378:metabolism; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary*; D000072078:Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000662:veterinary*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
keywords: FDG; PET/CT; SUV; Staging; Veterinary