The imaging of specific molecular targets that are associated with cancer should allow
earlier diagnosis and better management of oncology patients. Positron emission …

Background The solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) is a frequent incidental finding that may
represent primary lung cancer or other malignant or benign lesions. The optimal …

Tumor genetics guides patient selection for many new therapies, and cell culture studies
have demonstrated that specific mutations can promote metabolic phenotypes. However …

MBq) of [6-3Hjthymidine (3H-Thd, Amersham Japan Ltd., Ja pan) and killed 1 hr later. The
tumor was quickly dissected and prepared for frozen sectioning as reported previously (18) …

ContextFocal pulmonary lesions are commonly encountered in clinical practice, and
positron emission tomography (PET) with the glucose analog 18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) …

Background Pulmonary nodules are spherical radiographic opacities that measure up to 30
mm in diameter. Nodules are extremely common in clinical practice and challenging to …

As the applications of metabolic imaging are expanding, radiolabeled amino acids may gain
increased clinical interest. This review first describes the basic aspects of amino acid …

This book is written as both a text and a reference book. It contains numerous images from
the biological sciences and clinical practice, tables, graphs, and fig ures, as well as …

Positron emission tomography (PET) is now primarily used in oncological indication owing
to the successful application of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) in an increasing …

The role of positron emission tomography (PET) during the past decade has evolved rapidly
from a pure research tool to a methodology of enormous clinical potential. Perhaps the most …