Role of Positron Emission Tomography in Staging Lymph Nodes in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer by Aslı Gül AKGÜL, Uğur TEMEL

“…Objective:Lung cancer is in the cancer group with high mortality, and early diagnosis and accurate staging prolongs survival. Positron emission tomography (PET) is routinely in use for staging of nonsmall cell lung cancer. …”
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18-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography for large vessel vasculitis in clinical practice by Kladoum Nassarmadji, Anthony Vanjak, Venceslas Bourdin, Karine Champion, Ruxandra Burlacu, Stéphane Mouly, Damien Sène, Cloé Comarmond

“…Early recognition of LVV and treatment adaptation is essential because vascular complications (aneurysm, dilatations, ischemic complications) or treatment related side effects can occur frequently in these patients. 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (2-[18F]FDG-PET/CT) is increasingly used to diagnose, follow, and evaluate treatment response in LVV. …”
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Visualizing reactive astrocytes: Positron emission tomography imaging ligands for imidazoline‐2 binding sites by Wanqing Li, Yuqing Qiao, Jiahui Chen, Yinlong Li, Xiaoyu Du, Steven H. Liang, Hualong Fu

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Clinical Utility of Positron Emission Tomography Magnetic Resonance Imaging (PET-MRI) in Gastrointestinal Cancers by Robert Matthews, Minsig Choi

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The grade of individual prostate cancer lesions predicted by magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography by Erik Nilsson, Kristina Sandgren, Josefine Grefve, Joakim Jonsson, Jan Axelsson, Angsana Keeratijarut Lindberg, Karin Söderkvist, Camilla Thellenberg Karlsson, Anders Widmark, Lennart Blomqvist, Sara Strandberg, Katrine Riklund, Anders Bergh, Tufve Nyholm

“…Abstract Background Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) are widely used for the management of prostate cancer (PCa). …”
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Automated light-induced synthesis of 89Zr-radiolabeled antibodies for immuno-positron emission tomography by Simon Klingler, Jason P. Holland

“…Abstract Clinical production of 89Zr-radiolabeled antibodies (89Zr-mAbs) for positron emission tomography imaging relies on the pre-conjugation of desferrioxamine B (DFO) to the purified protein, followed by isolation and characterization of the functionalized intermediate, and then manual radiosynthesis. …”
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Experimental Evaluation of Depth-of-Interaction Correction in a Small-Animal Positron Emission Tomography Scanner by Michael V. Green, Harold G. Ostrow, Jurgen Seidel, Martin G. Pomper

“…Human and small-animal positron emission tomography (PET) scanners with cylindrical geometry and conventional detectors exhibit a progressive reduction in radial spatial resolution with increasing radial distance from the geometric axis of the scanner. …”
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Diagnostic value of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in detection of peritoneal carcinomatosis by Ahmed Abdelmonem Darweesh, Ashraf F. Barakat, Mohamed Fathy Dawoud, Ekhlas Abdelmonem Shaban

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Role of positron emission tomography in predicting early tumor response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer by N. G. Chanchikova, E. A. Karlova, A. S. Savelyeva, O. A. Silkina, V. I. Chernov, R. V. Zelchan, O. D. Bragina, A. A. Medvedeva

“…Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) is an important stage in the treatment of patients with breast cancer. Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/СT) with fluorodeoxyglucose labeled with 18F (18F-FDG) is widely used as an effective method of metabolic tumor imaging at the stages of treatment. …”
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Possibilities of positron emission tomography in the diagnosis of primary and recurrent ovarian cancer: a review of literature by L. A. Ashrafyan, I. P. Aslanidi, O. V. Mukhortova, I. V. Shurupova, E. P. Derevyanko, T. A. Katunina, A. V. Ulyanova, D. B. Alimardonov

“…Positron emission tomography (PET) is a current radionuclide imaging technique that can supplement a diagnostic process with information on physiological and metabolic disorders in the foci of injury and specify the characteristics of a tumor process. …”
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Biological principles and clinical application of positron emission tomography-tracers in prostate cancer: a review by José M. Machado Rocha, Bruno A.G. Jorge Pereira

“…Molecular imaging by the means of positron emission tomography uses radiopharmaceuticals labeled with positron-emitting radioisotopes to detect metabolic changes that might be suggestive of cancer tissue. …”
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[F]Fluoroacetate Positron Emission Tomography for Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Metastases: An Alternative Tracer for [C]Acetate? by Chi-lai Ho, Man-ki Cheung, Sirong Chen, Tan To Cheung, Yim Lung Leung, Kam Chau Cheng, Wing Ding Yeung

“…[ 11 C]Acetate (ACT) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) is useful in the detection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). …”
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Feasibility of TSPO-Specific Positron Emission Tomography Radiotracer for Evaluating Paracetamol-Induced Liver Injury by Daehee Kim, Byung Seok Moon, Sun Mi Park, Sang Ju Lee, Seo Young Kang, Sanghui Park, Seung Jun Oh, Bom Sahn Kim, Hai-Jeon Yoon

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Novel Electro-Optical Coupling Technique for Magnetic Resonance-Compatible Positron Emission Tomography Detectors by Peter D. Olcott, Hao Peng, Craig S. Levin

“…A new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-compatible positron emission tomography (PET) detector design is being developed that uses electro-optical coupling to bring the amplitude and arrival time information of high-speed PET detector scintillation pulses out of an MRI system. …”
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Diagnostic yield of FAP-guided positron emission tomography in thyroid cancer: a systematic review by Alessio Rizzo, Domenico Albano, Francesco Dondi, Martina Cioffi, Barbara Muoio, Salvatore Annunziata, Manuela Racca, Francesco Bertagna, Arnoldo Piccardo, Giorgio Treglia, Giorgio Treglia, Giorgio Treglia

“…BackgroundSeveral recent studies have proposed the possible application of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) administering radiolabelled fibroblast-activation protein (FAP) inhibitors for various forms of thyroid cancer (TC), including differentiated TC (DTC), and medullary TC (MTC).MethodsThe authors conducted an extensive literature search of original studies examining the effectiveness of FAP-guided PET/CT in patients with TC. …”
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Impaired mesial frontal and putamen activation in Parkinson's disease: a positron emission tomography study. by Playford, E, Jenkins, I, Passingham, R, Nutt, J, Frackowiak, R, Brooks, D

“…Using C15O2 and positron emission tomography (PET), we studied regional cerebral blood flow in 6 patients with PD and 6 control subjects while they performed motor tasks. …”

Copper-mediated nucleophilic 18F-radiolabelling of (hetero)arenes for applications in positron emission tomography by Taylor, N

“…</p> <p><strong>Chapter 1</strong> introduces the use of molecules labelled with fluorine-18 as tracers in positron emission tomography and reviews methods for the preparation of [¹⁸F]fluoroarenes published prior to the start of the work in this thesis.…”

Visual form discrimination from color or motion cues: functional anatomy by positron emission tomography. by Gulyás, B, Heywood, C, Popplewell, D, Roland, P, Cowey, A

“…Changes in regional cerebral blood flow were measured in 10 young male volunteers with positron emission tomography and with [15O]butanol. During the measurements, the subjects performed four visual discrimination tasks (form-from-motion, motion alone, form-from-color, and color alone discrimination). …”

Evaluation of principal component analysis based data driven respiratory gating for positron emission tomography by Walker, MD, Bradley, KM, McGowan, DR

The role of contrast enhanced computed tomography in integrated positron emission tomography computed tomography study. by Nordin, Abdul Jalil, Abdul Rahim, Noraini, Ahmad Saad, Fathinul Fikri, Azman, Ahmad Zaid Fattah