Abstract

OLIVA GONZALEZ, Juan P; MARTINEZ RAMIREZ, Aldo  and  BAUM, Richard Paul. PET/CT applications in oncology. Nucleus [online]. 2017, n.62, pp. 10-13. ISSN 2075-5635.

PET means Positron Emission Tomography, it is a nuclear medicine technique in which radiopharmaceuticals labeled with positron emitters are used to obtain biochemical-metabolic images of the human body. The use of PET / CT contributes to obtain multimodal images that combine anatomical and metabolic information, allowing a more reliable diagnosis of a tumor or local or distant metastases in an organ or tissue. Other multimodal devices combine metabolic imaging with nuclear magnetic resonance. PET/CT is mainly used in Oncology (85-90%), Neurology, Cardiology, Inflammation and Infection although it is currently also used in different medical and surgical pathologies. The present work is aimed at showing what PET/CT is and how useful it is in Oncology

Keywords : positron computed tomography; computerized tomography; neoplasms; diagnosis; therapy; image processing.

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