Authors: L S Freudenberg G Antoch R Görges J Knust R Pink W Jentzen J F Debatin W Brandau A Bockisch J Stattaus
Publish Date: 2003/05/08
Volume: 13, Issue: 6, Pages: L19-L23
Abstract
Iodine124 positron emission tomography PET is a useful 3D imaging technique for diagnosis and management of thyroid diseases The difficulty in interpretation of the PET scans with highly selective tracers such as iodine124 is the lack of identifiable anatomical structures so an accurate anatomical localization of foci presenting abnormal uptake is problematic Consequently a combined PET/CT scanner can resolve these difficulties by coregistering PET and CT data in a single session allowing a correlation of functional and morphologic imaging A case is presented where iodine124 produced by a clinical cyclotron and FDG were used to acquire images with a combined PET/CT scanner for clinical staging On the basis of the PET/CT exams the treatment of the patient was modified
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