PET/CT in Evaluating Pediatric Malignancies: A Clinician's Perspective
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PET/CT in evaluating pediatric malignancies: a clinician's perspective.
The introduction of combined CT with the functional imaging modality of PET has been an advancement in diagnostic imaging that has been welcomed by radiologists, nuclear medicine specialists, and oncologists. PET/CT has been used successfully in the diagnosis, staging, monitoring of response to therapy, and surveillance of various malignancies in adult patients (1,2). However, the role of PET/ ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Nuclear Medicine
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0161-5505
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.046045