Lung cancer (LC) still represents one of the most common tumours in both women and men.
PET/CT is a whole-body non-invasive imaging procedure that has been increasingly used …

Abstract PET (Positron Emission Tomography) is a nuclear medicine imaging method,
frequently used in oncology during the last years. It is a non-invasive technique that provides …

Background: Accurate staging is crucial for the proper management of patients with
nonsmall cell lung cancer, especially for choosing the best treatment strategy. Different …

Purpose The aims of this study were to assess the performance of FDG PET at PET/CT
imaging for the detection of pulmonary metastases and to evaluate differences in lesion …

The use of PET/CT imaging in the work-up and management of patients with lung cancer
has greatly increased in recent decades. The ability to combine functional and anatomical …

Pulmonary neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs) arise from bronchial mucosal cells known as
enterochromaffin cells which are part of the diffuse neuroendocrine system. The pathological …

11C-cholineand FDG are PET tracers used to visualize various malignancies. In this study,
we compared their capabilities in detecting mediastinal lymph node metastasis originating …

Aim To evaluate the effect of the 18F-FDG PET-CT respiratory gating (4D) study in the
correct documentation of pulmonary lesions with faint uptake in standard PET-CT. Methods …

The purpose was evaluating retrospectively the additional value of integrated positron
emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) in the detection of pulmonary …

Purpose: FDG PET has high accuracy in the evaluation of lung nodules. A standardized
uptake value (SUV)≥ 2.5 is frequently used as a criterion for malignancy in this setting …