Published December 2009 | Version v1
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Positron emission tomography in colorectal cancer

Creators

  • 1. Universidade Cidade de Sao Paulo (UNICID), Sao Paulo, SP (Brazil)
  • 2. Med Imagem Diagnosticos por Imagem, Sao Paulo, SP (Brazil)

Description

After an introduction on the physical and biological basics of positron emission tomography, this paper reviews the current status of PET imaging using the glucose analogue FDG in colorectal cancer. The use of PET-FDG is reviewed for detection, initial staging, therapy monitoring and staging of disease relapse. (author)

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (Portuguese)
Tomografia por emissao de positron no cancer colorretal

Identifiers

URL
https://www.spr.org.br/publicacoes/jornal-da-imagem;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Revista da Imagem
Journal Volume
31
Journal Issue
3/4
Journal Page Range
p. 51-57
ISSN
0100-9699
CODEN
REIMDO

INIS

Country of Publication
Brazil
Country of Input or Organization
Brazil
INIS RN
41113730
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; FLUORINE 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; IMAGE PROCESSING; LARGE INTESTINE; NEOPLASMS; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
Descriptors DEC
ANTIMETABOLITES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASES; DRUGS; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUORINE ISOTOPES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTESTINES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; NANOSECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; ORGANS; PROCESSING; RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY