Published May 2017
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Journal article
Alternative imaging strategy of solitary pulmonary nodule by FDG PET/CT
- 1. Nuclear Medicine Unit, San Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, Avellino (Italy)
- 2. Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV—IRCCS, Padova (Italy)
- 3. Division of Medical Oncology, San Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, Avellino (Italy)
- 4. Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli (Italy)
Description
Objective: Patients with solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) are usually sent to total-body positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) examination with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG). However, a segmental scan strategy may improve cost/effectiveness in this category of patients. Conclusion: A segmental PET/CT scan only at the chest level could be performed in patients with indeterminate SPN. Limiting the PET/CT field to the thoracic region would greatly affect on radiobiology, department organization and health-care costs.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrad.2017.03.001Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ejrad.2017.03.001;
- PII
- S0720-048X(17)30101-8;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- European Journal of Radiology
- Journal Volume
- 90
- Journal Page Range
- p. 188-191
- ISSN
- 0720-048X
- CODEN
- EJRADR
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 49088516
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; PATIENTS; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
- Descriptors DEC
- COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; TOMOGRAPHY
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- Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.