Published July 2009
| Version v1
Journal article
The applications of SPECT-CT in clinical oncology
Creators
- 1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai (China)
Description
In view of the great success of integrated PET-CT scanners, there is an increasing interest in its 'cousin'-SPECT-CT systems. SPECT-CT can fuse the function information by SPECT and the anatomy information by CT in the same machine, which enhanced the diagnosis sensitivity and the specificity greatly. This article summarized SPECT-CT some characteristics and the current clinical applications in the endocrine tumor, sentinel node, bone metastasis and lymphoma, et al. (authors)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- International Journal of Radiation Medicine and Nuclear Medicine
- Journal Volume
- 33
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Journal Page Range
- p. 214-218
- ISSN
- 1673-4114
INIS
- Country of Publication
- China
- Country of Input or Organization
- China
- INIS RN
- 42057279
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- CAT SCANNING; DIAGNOSIS; LYMPHOMAS; METASTASES; SENSITIVITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SKELETON; SPECIFICITY
- Descriptors DEC
- BODY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; ORGANS; TOMOGRAPHY
Optional Information
- Notes
- 23 refs.