RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 PET and PET/CT imaging: What clinicians need to know
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 1075
OP 1087
VO 73
IS 12
A1 Bybel, Bohdan
A1 Brunken, Richard C.
A1 Shah, Shetal N.
A1 Wu, Guiyun
A1 Turbiner, Elliott
A1 Neumann, Donald R.
YR 2006
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/73/12/1075.abstract
AB 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.