European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

The most recent articles from: Eur. J. Nucl. Med. Mol. Imaging December 2006

Eur. J. Nucl. Med. Mol. Imaging · Dec 2006

Comparative Study

Value of PET/CT versus PET and CT performed as separate investigations in patients with Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

The aim of this study was to assess the clinical benefit of combined [(18)F]FDG PET/CT in patients with malignant lymphoma as compared to separately performed PET and CT. ⋯ PET was superior to CT alone and was improved further by side-by-side reading of both examinations. However, no significant difference was observed between PET/CT and separate PET and CT imaging in patients with lymphoma.

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