Imaging with equipment that combines positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET/CT) provides the special benefits of both in one procedure. It is a highly sensitive imaging technique ...

Data from 611 FDG PET/CT scans of patients with lung cancer, melanoma, lymphoma, head and neck cancer, and breast cancer, as well as 408 PSMA PET/CT scans of prostate cancer patients, were ...

PET-CT is more sensitive and more specific than CT ... evolving guidelines and is Deputy Chief of Hematology/Oncology and Head of Hematology at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Care Center ...

Dr Wouter Vogel, radiation oncologist at the Netherlands Cancer Institute, explained that the reason the glands have gone ...

PET/CT is a useful tool to map out the possible sites where the cancer first originated. PET/CT is a form of hybrid imaging that combines computed tomography (CT), an anatomical imaging ...

[76] With regard to the detection of primary lesions, FDG-PET demonstrated superior results (sensitivity of 96.7%) to CT/MRI (sensitivity of 83.3%). In the evaluation of retroperitoneal lymph node ...

Can a patient have a CT scan, diagnostic X-ray examination or MRI scan on the same day as the PET/CT scan? » After a PET scan, how long does a patient need to wait before using public transportation ...