Publisher Summary This chapter describes the use of positron emission tomography (PET)
in clinical practice. PET is an advanced diagnostic imaging technique, which can not only …

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 …

Millions of people are affected by respiratory diseases, leading to a significant health burden
globally. Because of the current insufficient knowledge of the underlying mechanisms that …

Positron emission tomography is a technique that uses specially designed radioactive
tracers to image the body's function non-invasively. This paper describes the equipment and …

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 …

[en] This outline review briefly summarizes the present state of the application of positron
emission tomography to measure regional tissue function in man, particularly in the study of …

Early detection and staging of lung cancer is important in initiating rapid treatment and
improving prognosis. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging …

The purpose of the review is to:(a) provide information concerning the physiology of lung
cancer imaging with fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)(b) …

Emission tomography provides three-dimensional, quantitative images of the distribution of
radiotracers used to mark physiological, metabolic, or pathological processes. Quantitative …

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 …