The advantage of PET and CT integration in examination of lung tumors

G Lu, Z Wang, H Zhu, L Chang, Y Chen… - International Journal …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose. To evaluate the diagnosis value of integrated positron emission tomography and
computed tomography (PET/CT) with lung masses, this study emphasized the correlation …

Comparative performance of 18F-FDG PET/MRI and 18F-FDG PET/CT in detection and characterization of pulmonary lesions in 121 oncologic patients

LM Sawicki, J Grueneisen, C Buchbender… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2016 - Soc Nuclear Med
Our objective was to compare 18F-FDG PET/MRI (performed using a contrast-enhanced T1-
weighted fat-suppressed volume-interpolated breath-hold examination [VIBE]) with 18F-FDG …

Additional value of PET-CT in the staging of lung cancer: comparison with CT alone, PET alone and visual correlation of PET and CT

W De Wever, S Ceyssens, L Mortelmans… - European …, 2007 - Springer
Integrated positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) is a new
imaging modality offering anatomic and metabolic information. The purpose was to evaluate …

Use of a corrected standardized uptake value based on the lesion size on CT permits accurate characterization of lung nodules on FDG-PET

M Hickeson, M Yun, A Matthies, H Zhuang… - European journal of …, 2002 - Springer
The purpose of this study was to determine the actual standardized uptake value (SUV) by
using the lesion size from computer tomography (CT) scan to correct for resolution and …

Determination of the optimal acquisition protocol of breath-hold PET/CT for the diagnosis of thoracic lesions

K Mitsumoto, K Abe, Y Sakaguchi… - Nuclear medicine …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Objective The aim of this study was to determine the optimal acquisition scan protocol for
deep inspiration breath-hold (BH) fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography …

Usefulness of a breath-holding acquisition method in PET/CT for pulmonary lesions

T Yamaguchi, O Ueda, H Hara, H Sakai, T Kida… - Annals of nuclear …, 2009 - Springer
Objective To evaluate the usefulness of a breath-holding (BH) 18 F-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-
glucose positron emission tomography (18 F-FDG-PET) technique for PET/computed …

Integrating PET and CT information to improve diagnostic accuracy for lung nodules: a semiautomatic computer-aided method

Y Nie, Q Li, F Li, Y Pu, D Appelbaum… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2006 - Soc Nuclear Med
Our objective was to develop and evaluate 3 semiautomatic computer-aided diagnostic
(CAD) schemes for distinguishing between benign and malignant pulmonary nodules by …

PET/MR imaging in the detection and characterization of pulmonary lesions: technical and diagnostic evaluation in comparison to PET/CT

I Rauscher, M Eiber, S Fürst… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2014 - Soc Nuclear Med
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 …

Comparison of MET-PET and FDG-PET for differentiation between benign lesions and malignant tumors of the lung

M Sasaki, Y Kuwabara, T Yoshida, M Nakagawa… - Annals of nuclear …, 2001 - Springer
Objective: We retrospectively assessed and compared the usefulness of 11 C-methionine
(MET)-PET with that of 18 F-FDG-PET for the differentiation between benign lesions and …

Pulmonary lesion assessment: comparison of whole-body hybrid MR/PET and PET/CT imaging—pilot study

NF Schwenzer, C Schraml, M Müller, C Brendle… - Radiology, 2012 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To compare the performance of magnetic resonance (MR)/positron emission
tomography (PET) imaging in the staging of lung cancer with that of PET/computed …