Lung inflammatory diseases contribute significantly to the socioeconomic burden of disease.
Yet very few new, effective therapies for respiratory disease have been approved for use. A …

Non-small-cell lung cancer is the most common type of lung cancer and one of the leading
causes of cancer-related death worldwide. For this reason, advances in diagnosis and …

Fully integrated PET/MR imaging holds great promise as a novel hybrid imaging modality in
oncology and might offer advantages to PET/CT in many instances, especially because of …

An estimated 180,000 new cases of lung cancer will be diagnosed in the United States this
year, and lung cancer accounts for approximately 25% of all cancer deaths. The overall 5 …

Gallium-68 (68 Ga) is a positron-emitting radionuclide suitable for positron emission
tomography (PET) imaging that has a number of convenient features—it has a physical half …

An estimated 180,000 new cases of lung cancer will be diag nosed in the US this year, and
lung cancer accounts for approximately 25% of all cancer deaths. Most lung cancers are …

Background An inflammatory reaction in the airways and lung parenchyma, comprised
mainly of neutrophils and alveolar macrophages, is present in some patients with chronic …

Purpose To evaluate the influence of point spread function (PSF)-based reconstruction and
matrix size for PET on (1) lung lesion detection and (2) standardized uptake values (SUV) …

PET/CT with the tracer 2-[18 F] fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose ([18 F] FDG) has improved
diagnostic imaging in cancer and is routinely used for diagnosing, staging and treatment …

Lung cancer is the most common cancer, worldwide, and a major health issue with a
remarkable mortality rate. 2-[18 F] fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission …