• DocumentCode
    3313258
  • Title

    PET imaging in the thorax

  • Author

    Patz, Edward F., Jr.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Radiol., Duke Univ. Med. Center, Durham, NC, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    36434
  • Abstract
    PET imaging has become an invaluable tool in the evaluation and management of thoracic abnormalities. While FDG-PET can not uniformly provide all the requisite information for patient evaluation, it provides a new model and direction for functional imaging. As one learns more about the biology of diseases and integrate advances in biomedical technology, this type of approach suggests non-invasive biochemical or metabolic imaging will be invaluable in patient management
  • Keywords
    positron emission tomography; F; FDG-PET; biomedical technology advances; disease biology; functional imaging; medical diagnostic imaging; metabolic imaging; noninvasive biochemical imaging; nuclear medicine; patient management; thoracic abnormalities evaluation; thoracic abnormalities management; Biomedical imaging; Cancer; Electron emission; Lungs; Optical imaging; Photonic crystals; Positron emission tomography; Production; Radiology; Thorax;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    [Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
  • Conference_Location
    Atlanta, GA
  • ISSN
    1094-687X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5674-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.1999.804498
  • Filename
    804498