Tumors are highly heterogeneous entities, both morphologically and functionally. This
heterogeneity applies to the primary tumor and to systemic metastasis. The tumoral …

Quantification is essential in Nuclear Medicine. The complexity of pulmonary tissue with
regional variation of air, blood and tissue due to the effects of breathing results in inaccurate …

There is a growing experience with positron emission tomography (PET) in patients with
pulmonary nodules or masses. As PET imaging becomes more widely available, it is …

PET imaging of fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) is one of several metabolic imaging procedures
being used to detect various diseases (1). FDG-PET imaging has been demonstrated to be …

2502 Objectives It is well known that Technegas SPECT images are of good quality with
appropriate alveolar retention and lack of hiliar deposits. The objective of this study was to …

18F-FDG positron emission tomographic (PET) scanning is a major imaging tool widely
used to investigate lung function and lung disease. Tomographic imaging of drug delivered …

Positron emission tomography (PET) has been in existence since the 1970s due in large
part to the pioneering work of Michael Phelps, PhD, Michel Ter-Pogossian, PhD, and others …

Pulmonary blood flow (PBF) is a critical determinant of oxygenation during acute lung injury
(ALI). PET/CT with 18F-FDG allows the assessment of both lung aeration and neutrophil …

Positron emission tomography (PET) is an important imaging modality for personalizing
clinical management of patients with lung cancer. In this regard, PET imaging is essential for …

18 FDG-PET is an imagining technique based on metabolic criteria rather than
morphological criteria.(18) FDG-PET can demonstrate accelerated glycosis in cancer tissue …