Issues, controversies, and clinical utility of combined PET/CT imaging: What is the interpreting physician facing?

被引：19

作者：

Blodgett, TM

Casagranda, B

Townsend, DW

Meltzer, CC

机构：

[1] Univ Pittsburgh, Dept Radiol, Med Ctr, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA

[2] Univ Pittsburgh, Dept Psychiat, Med Ctr, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA

[3] Univ Pittsburgh, Dept Neurol, Med Ctr, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY | 2005年 / 184卷 / 05期

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D O I：

10.2214/ajr.184.5_supplement.0184s138

中图分类号：

R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;

摘要：

OBJECTIVE. This article identifies the most commonly encountered issues of combined PET/CT and shows the wide variability in perceived possible solutions to these issues. This article will serve as a catalyst to stimulate discussion between experts in both radiology and nuclear medicine. CONCLUSION. Combining a PET tomography and CT scanner into a single unit amounts to advantages that are not merely additive, but synergistic. Even PET/CT skeptics will embrace the technology after becoming acquainted with the possibilities and will accept the reality that there is no return to PET only.

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页码：S138 / S145

页数：8