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PET Imaging of Thoracic Disease, An Issue of PET Clinics

  • 1st Edition, Volume 6-3 - July 28, 2011
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Drew A. Torigian, Abass Alavi
  • Language: English

PET imaging has been used for the assessment of lung cancer for several years for diagnosis, staging, and post-treatment follow up. Expanded applications are now being used and… Read more

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PET imaging has been used for the assessment of lung cancer for several years for diagnosis, staging, and post-treatment follow up. Expanded applications are now being used and explored in the imaging of the heart, thoracic vascular disease, and chest wall disorders. This issue provides an up-to-date review of the uses of PET for oncologic and nononcologic diseases of the thorax.

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  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 6-3
  • Published: July 28, 2011
  • Language: English

About the authors

DT

Drew A. Torigian

Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

AA

Abass Alavi

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA