Positron emission tomography in oncology: present and future of PET and PET/CT

D Papathanassiou, C Bruna-Muraille, JC Liehn… - Critical reviews in …, 2009 - Elsevier
PET is a crucial technique in molecular imaging, allowing in vivo assessment and
localization of pathological processes, thanks to its ability to detect very small amounts of …

Whole-Body Metabolic Tumor Volume, as Determined by 18F-FDG PET/CT, as a Prognostic Factor of Outcome for Patients With Breast Cancer Who Have Distant …

SH Son, SW Lee, SY Jeong, BI Song… - American Journal of …, 2015 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. This study was performed to evaluate the prognostic relevance of PET
parameters measured by 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with invasive ductal carcinoma of the …

Towards omni-tomography—grand fusion of multiple modalities for simultaneous interior tomography

G Wang, J Zhang, H Gao, V Weir, H Yu, W Cong, X Xu… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
We recently elevated interior tomography from its origin in computed tomography (CT) to a
general tomographic principle, and proved its validity for other tomographic modalities …

Utilization of advanced imaging technologies for target delineation in radiation oncology

DR Simpson, JD Lawson, SK Nath, BS Rose… - Journal of the American …, 2009 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the utilization of advanced imaging
technologies for target delineation among radiation oncologists in the United States …

Balancing risk and reward in target delineation for highly conformal radiotherapy in head and neck cancer

A Eisbruch, V Gregoire - Seminars in radiation oncology, 2009 - Elsevier
The therapeutic index of highly conformal radiotherapy (RT) depends on adequate selection
and delineation of the gross tumor volumes, the clinical target volumes, and the tissues and …

FDG PET/CT in oncology:“raising the bar”

CN Patel, AR Goldstone, FU Chowdhury… - Clinical radiology, 2010 - Elsevier
Integrated positron-emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) with 2-[18F]-
fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose (FDG) has revolutionized oncological imaging in recent years and …

Radiomics analysis of [18F]-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography for the prediction of cervical lymph node metastasis in tongue squamous cell …

T Kudoh, A Haga, K Kudoh, A Takahashi, M Sasaki… - Oral radiology, 2023 - Springer
Objectives This study aimed to create a predictive model for cervical lymph node metastasis
(CLNM) in patients with tongue squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) based on radiomics …

PET/CT in radiation oncology

T Pan, O Mawlawi - Medical physics, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
PET/CT is an effective tool for the diagnosis, staging and restaging of cancer patients. It
combines the complementary information of functional PET images and anatomical CT …

Clinical value of a plasma Epstein–Barr virus DNA assay in the diagnosis of recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a meta-analysis

H Peng, Z Li, Y Long, J Li, Z Liu, R Zhou - Bioscience reports, 2019 - portlandpress.com
Background: To evaluate the diagnostic value of Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) DNA in
nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients with locoregional or distant recurrence. Methods …

A Dual PET/MR Imaging Nanoprobe: 124I Labeled Gd3N@C80

J Luo, JD Wilson, J Zhang, JI Hirsch, HC Dorn… - Applied Sciences, 2012 - mdpi.com
The current report describes the development of a dual modality tomographic agent for both
positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (PET/MRI). The dual …