The following is a summary of “Prognostic role of interim PET-CT demonstrating partial metabolic response in diffuse large ...

FDG-PET imaging is not routinely employed in this type of cancer and its role in endometrial cancer is still being studied and yet to be defined. In a series of 41 whole-body PET studies conducted ...

They can also use fluoro-deoxyglucose (FDG) PET to study the heart and brain to detect tumors or other types of infection. Both PET scans use a radioactive tracer to visualize specific body areas.

The FDG follows the glucose pathway and gets concentrated ... There is a certain cell mass that must be achieved before it ...

Monitoring treatment response in breast cancer is of great importance and FDG PET has demonstrated its utility in this indication. FDG PET must be performed in patients with advanced disease ...

PET-CT imaging with [18 F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) and [18 F]fluorocholine (FCH ... morphological imaging methods such as MRI ...

Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) was a complication in about 10% of pulmonary sarcoidosis (PS) cases, investigators reported in Respiratory Medicine. The retrospective study assessed the prevalence, incidence ...

Researchers at Saint Louis University have suggested that patients going for PET or CT scan should avoid drinking coffee as caffeine intake Researchers at Saint Louis University have suggested ...

Patients with predominantly cranial vs isolated extracranial GCA phenotypes present with different patterns of arterial involvement on 18F-FDG PET-CT scans.