Technological advancements in cancer diagnostics: Improvements and limitations

A Pulumati, A Pulumati, BS Dwarakanath… - Cancer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Cancer is characterized by the rampant proliferation, growth, and infiltration of
malignantly transformed cancer cells past their normal boundaries into adjacent tissues. It is …

[HTML][HTML] Quantification, improvement, and harmonization of small lesion detection with state-of-the-art PET

CS van der Vos, D Koopman, S Rijnsdorp… - European journal of …, 2017 - Springer
In recent years, there have been multiple advances in positron emission
tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) that improve cancer imaging. The present …

Feasibility study of the positronium imaging with the J-PET tomograph

P Moskal, D Kisielewska, C Curceanu… - Physics in Medicine …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
A detection system of the conventional PET tomograph is set-up to record data from
annihilation into two photons with energy of 511 keV, and it gives information on the density …

Coronary microvascular dysfunction: clinical considerations and noninvasive diagnosis

TH Schindler, V Dilsizian - Cardiovascular imaging, 2020 - jacc.org
Chest pain in patients without obstructive coronary artery disease has been realized as a
frequent problem encountered in clinical practice. Invasive flow investigations have …

J-PET: a new technology for the whole-body PET imaging

S Niedźwiecki, P Białas, C Curceanu… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2017 - arxiv.org
The Jagiellonian Positron Emission Tomograph (J-PET) is the first PET built from plastic
scintillators. J-PET prototype consists of 192 detection modules arranged axially in three …

Image guidance in radiation therapy for better cure of cancer

V Grégoire, M Guckenberger… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The key goal and main challenge of radiation therapy is the elimination of tumors without
any concurring damages of the surrounding healthy tissues and organs. Radiation doses …

[HTML][HTML] Auto-segmentation of head and neck tumors in positron emission tomography images using non-local means and morphological frameworks

S Heydarheydari, MJT Birgani… - Polish Journal of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose Accurately segmenting head and neck cancer (HNC) tumors in medical images is
crucial for effective treatment planning. However, current methods for HNC segmentation are …

2018 ACC/HRS/NASCI/SCAI/SCCT expert consensus document on optimal use of ionizing radiation in cardiovascular imaging: best practices for safety and …

JW Hirshfeld, VA Ferrari, FM Bengel… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - jacc.org
1.1. 1. Writing Committee Organization The writing committee consisted of a broad range of
members representing 9 societies and the following areas of expertise: interventional …

Recent trend in medical imaging modalities and their applications in disease diagnosis: a review

B Abhisheka, SK Biswas, B Purkayastha, D Das… - Multimedia Tools and …, 2024 - Springer
Medical Imaging (MI) plays a crucial role in healthcare, including disease diagnosis,
treatment, and continuous monitoring. The integration of non-invasive techniques such as X …

[HTML][HTML] EARL compliance and imaging optimisation on the Biograph Vision Quadra PET/CT using phantom and clinical data

J van Sluis, JH van Snick, AH Brouwers… - European journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose Current European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) Research
Ltd.(EARL) guidelines for the standardisation of PET imaging developed for conventional …