Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Combined Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography (PET-CT) for detection of recurrent ovarian cancer
Record ID 32012000194
English
Authors' recommendations:
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a three-dimensional (3D) imaging technique that evaluates the level of physiological and biochemical activity within tissue cells by measuring the distribution of an injected or inhaled radiotracer. Due to differences in metabolic rates, the concentration of radiotracers within cancerous cells differs from the concentration in the surrounding normal tissue cells. Positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) combines PET technology with computed tomography (CT). CT differentiates tissue by measuring variation in attenuation of xrays after they pass through the body. PET and PET-CT have been proposed as tools for diagnosing and staging patients suspected of having recurrent ovarian cancer.
Details
Project Status:
Completed
Year Published:
2011
URL for published report:
http://www.hayesinc.com/hayes/crd/?crd=13234
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
United States
MeSH Terms
- Tomography, Emission-Computed
- Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
- Female
Contact
Organisation Name:
HAYES, Inc.
Contact Address:
157 S. Broad Street, Suite 200, Lansdale, PA 19446, USA. Tel: 215 855 0615; Fax: 215 855 5218
Contact Name:
saleinfo@hayesinc.com
Contact Email:
saleinfo@hayesinc.com
Copyright:
2011 Winifred S. Hayes, Inc
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