Positron Emission Tomography (PET) for metastatic melanoma

Record ID 32014000470
English
Authors' recommendations: Positron emission tomography (PET) has been proposed as an imaging tool for detection or confirmation of melanoma metastasis. PET is a 3-dimensional 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.
Details
Project Status: Completed
Year Published: 2014
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
Country: United States
MeSH Terms
  • Melanoma
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: 2014 Winifred S. Hayes, Inc
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