Role of Modern Imaging Techniques for Diagnosis of Infection in the Era of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography

R Kumar, S Basu, D Torigian, V Anand… - Clinical microbiology …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
During the past several years, it has become quite evident that positron emission
tomography (PET) with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) imaging can play a major role in the …

18F-FDG PET of gliomas at delayed intervals: improved distinction between tumor and normal gray matter

AM Spence, M Muzi, DA Mankoff… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2004 - Soc Nuclear Med
We hypothesized that delineation of gliomas from gray matter with 18F-FDG PET could be
improved by extending the interval between 18F-FDG administration and PET data …

Potential of dual-time-point imaging to improve breast cancer diagnosis with 18F-FDG PET

R Kumar, VA Loving, A Chauhan… - Journal of nuclear …, 2005 - Soc Nuclear Med
The purpose of this study was to assess the utility of dual-time-point imaging for identifying
malignant lesions in the breast by 18F-FDG PET. Methods: Fifty-four breast cancer patients …

18F-FDG accumulation with PET for differentiation between benign and malignant lesions in the thorax

Y Demura, T Tsuchida, T Ishizaki… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2003 - Soc Nuclear Med
Recent reports have indicated the value and limitations of 18F-FDG PET and 201Tl SPECT
for determination of malignancy. We prospectively assessed and compared the usefulness …

Imaging of large vessel vasculitis with 18FDG PET: illusion or reality? A critical review of the literature data

T Belhocine, D Blockmans, R Hustinx… - European journal of …, 2003 - Springer
Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18 FDG PET) plays a major
role in the management of oncology patients. Owing to the singular properties of the glucose …

Classification of lung nodule malignancy in computed tomography imaging utilising generative adversarial networks and semi-supervised transfer learning

ID Apostolopoulos, ND Papathanasiou… - Biocybernetics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The pulmonary nodules' malignancy rating is commonly confined in patient follow-up;
examining the nodule's activity is estimated with the Positron Emission Tomography (PET) …

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 …

Real time in vivo non-invasive optical imaging using near-infrared fluorescent quantum dots1

NY Morgan, S English, W Chen, V Chernomordik… - Academic …, 2005 - Elsevier
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVE: Deep-tissue optical imaging is of particular interest, as the
equipment costs are lower than for competing technologies such as MRI. For this purpose …

The use of standardized uptake values for assessing FDG uptake with PET in oncology: a clinical perspective

G Lucignani, G Paganelli… - Nuclear medicine …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Among clinicians who use positron emission tomography (PET), the standardized uptake
value (SUV) is a popular semi-quantitative value that can be easily assessed whenever a …

The pivotal role of FDG-PET/CT in modern medicine

S Hess, BA Blomberg, HJ Zhu, PF Høilund-Carlsen… - Academic radiology, 2014 - Elsevier
The technology behind positron emission tomography (PET) and the most widely used
tracer, 2-deoxy-2-[18F] fluoro-D-glucose (FDG), were both conceived in the 1970s, but the …