ABSTRACT
Positron emission tomography (PET), once the sole province of academic medical centers, is rapidly being adopted in daily clinical practice in community hospitals and outpatient centers. It can be especially useful in oncology, cardiology, and neurology. We provide an overview of the fundamentals of PET and PET with computed tomography (PET/CT) and discuss their current clinical utility.
Footnotes
↵* Dr. Brunken has disclosed that he has received research support from the Bracco Diagnostics corporation.
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