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Title:

Whole-body PET/MRI: The future in oncological imaging

Document type:
Journal Article; Article
Author(s):
Seemann, MD
Abstract:
Positron emission tomography (PET) facilitates the evaluation of molecular aspects and metabolic alterations that are fundamental in detecting of malignancies, characterization of tumor stage and assessment of therapeutical response, and tumor recurrence. The main advantage of PET is its high sensitivity in identifying of areas of cancerous involvement at an early stage. In general, the accelerated radiotracer activity occurs before anatomical structure changes. The main difficulty with PET is t...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Technol Cancer Res Treat
Year:
2005
Journal volume:
4
Journal issue:
5
Pages contribution:
577-582
Language:
eng
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16173829
Print-ISSN:
1533-0346
TUM Institution:
Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin
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