https://doi.org/10.4081/itjm.2010.84
Recent applications of nuclear medicine in diagnostics (I part)
Submitted: 26 April 2013
Accepted: 26 April 2013
Published: 30 April 2013
Accepted: 26 April 2013
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Materials and methods: We reviewed scientific literature data searching for the current role of tomographic nuclear medicine techniques (SPECTand PET) in oncology and summarized the main applications of these techniques.
Results: Nuclear medicine techniques have a key role in oncology allowing early diagnosis of many tumours, an accurate staging of disease and evalutation of treatment response. Hybrid SPECT/CT and PET/CT imaging systems now provide metabolic and functional information from SPECTor PETcombined with the high spatial resolution and anatomic information of CT. The most frequent applications of SPECT/CT in oncology concern thyroid tumours, neuroendocrine tumours, bone metastases and lymph node mapping. Furthermore the evaluation of many tumours may benefit from PET/CT imaging.
Discussion: The recent development of new radiopharmaceuticals and the growth of hybrid tomographic devices, such as SPECT/CT and PET/CT, now permits molecular imaging of biologic processes at the cellular level to improve both the diagnosis and treatment of many tumours.
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Treglia, G., Cason, E., & Fagioli, G. (2013). Recent applications of nuclear medicine in diagnostics (I part). Italian Journal of Medicine, 4(2), 84–91. https://doi.org/10.4081/itjm.2010.84
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