Colloquium: Positronium physics and biomedical applications

SD Bass, S Mariazzi, P Moskal, E Stępień - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2023 - APS
Positronium is the simplest bound state, built of an electron and a positron. Studies of
positronium in vacuum and its decays in medium tell us about quantum electrodynamics …

PET/CT: Form and Function1

TM Blodgett, CC Meltzer, DW Townsend - Radiology, 2007 - pubs.rsna.org
Functional imaging with positron emission tomography (PET) is playing an increasingly
important role in the diagnosis and staging of malignant disease, image-guided therapy …

Clinical performance of PET/CT in evaluation of cancer: additional value for diagnostic imaging and patient management

R Bar-Shalom, N Yefremov, L Guralnik… - Journal of nuclear …, 2003 - Soc Nuclear Med
This study assessed the clinical performance of a combined PET/CT system using 18F-FDG
in oncologic patients. Methods: 18F-FDG PET/CT was used to evaluate 204 patients with …

False positive and false negative FDG-PET scans in various thoracic diseases

JM Chang, HJ Lee, JM Goo, HY Lee… - Korean Journal of …, 2006 - synapse.koreamed.org
Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET) is being used more and
more to differentiate benign from malignant focal lesions and it has been shown to be more …

18F-FDG imaging: pitfalls and artifacts

MM Abouzied, ES Crawford… - Journal of nuclear …, 2005 - Soc Nuclear Med
18F-FDG PET is emerging as a useful tool in the staging and restaging of many malignant
neoplasms, such as lymphoma, lung cancer, colorectal cancer, head and neck cancer …

Pitfalls and artifacts in 18FDG PET and PET/CT oncologic imaging

GJR Cook, EA Wegner, I Fogelman - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 2004 - Elsevier
It is estimated that in excess of one million positron emission tomography (PET) scans are
performed each year and PET can now truly be regarded as a routine imaging procedure in …

18F-FDG PET/CT in sarcoidosis management: review and report of 20 cases

JJ Braun, R Kessler, A Constantinesco… - European journal of …, 2008 - Springer
Purpose To evaluate the interest of 18 F-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron emission
tomography/computed tomography (18 F-FDG PET/CT) for diagnosis and therapeutic follow …

Radiologic responses in cynomolgus macaques for assessing tuberculosis chemotherapy regimens

PL Lin, T Coleman, JPJ Carney… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Trials to test new drugs currently in development against tuberculosis in humans are
impractical. All animal models to prioritize new regimens are imperfect, but nonhuman …

Comparative evaluation of 18F-FDG PET and 67Ga scintigraphy in patients with sarcoidosis

Y Nishiyama, Y Yamamoto, K Fukunaga… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2006 - Soc Nuclear Med
67Ga scintigraphy has been used for years in sarcoidosis for diagnosis and the extent of the
disease. However, little information is available on the comparison of 18F-FDG PET and …

When should we recommend use of dual time-point and delayed time-point imaging techniques in FDG PET?

G Cheng, DA Torigian, H Zhuang, A Alavi - European journal of nuclear …, 2013 - Springer
Abstract FDG PET and PET/CT are now widely used in oncological imaging for tumor
characterization, staging, restaging, and response evaluation. However, numerous benign …