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Nuclear Medicine

Recent findings in nuclear medicine described by M. Tatsumi and colleagues

Published in Medical Imaging Business Week, April 3rd, 2008

According to a study from the United States, "We reviewed our experience of F-18-FDG PET/CT in noncentral nervous system (CNS) pediatric malignancies and evaluated if PET/CT provided additional information to conventional imaging (Cl) examinations to determine the efficacy of this new imaging modality in the clinical setting. One-hundred fiftyone consecutive FDG PET/CT examinations in 55 pediatric patients with non-CNS malignant tumors were reviewed."

"Among them, 108 PET/CT examinations were accompanied by Cl, such as contrast CT or MRI, performed within a month of PET/ CT in our hospital. Two radiologists reviewed the indication, purpose, and PET/CT findings and...

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