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Incremental Value of Imaging Structure and Function

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Positron Emission Tomography

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The diagnostic implications of integrated PET/CT imaging include improved detection of lesions on both the CT and FDG-PET images, better differentiation of physiologic from pathologic foci of metabolism, and better localization of the pathologic foci. This new powerful technology provides more-accurate interpretation of both CT and FDG-PET images and therefore moreoptimal patient care. PET/CT fusion images affect clinical management by guiding further procedures (biopsy, surgery, radiation therapy), excluding the need for additional procedures, and changing both inter- and intramodality therapy.

The combined approach of X-ray attenuation correction and image fusion with FDG imaging is a new and powerful diagnostic tool for nuclear medicine imaging, radiation therapy, and surgical planning. The applications for this technology, that have emerged with FDG as the radiotracer, will expand even further with the array of new promising PET tracers and in the field of cardiology.

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  1. Positron Emission Tomography Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

    Dominique Delbeke MD, PhD (Professor and Director of Nuclear Medicine)

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  1. Northern California PET Imaging Center, Sacramento, CA, USA

    Peter E. Valk MB, BS, FRACP

  2. Positron Emission Tomography, Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

    Dominique Delbeke MD, PhD (Professor and Director of Nuclear Medicine) (Professor and Director of Nuclear Medicine)

  3. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia

    Dale L. Bailey PhD (Associate Professor of Medicine) (Associate Professor of Medicine)

  4. Cancer Imaging and Tracer Development Program, The University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN, USA

    David W. Townsend PhD (Director) (Director)

  5. Department of Radiological Sciences, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Clinical PET Centre, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital Trust, London, UK

    Michael N. Maisey BSc, MD, FRCR, FRCP (Professor of Emeritus) (Professor of Emeritus)

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Delbeke, D. (2006). Incremental Value of Imaging Structure and Function. In: Valk, P.E., Delbeke, D., Bailey, D.L., Townsend, D.W., Maisey, M.N. (eds) Positron Emission Tomography. Springer, London . https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-187-3_2

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