General Information on Nuclear Tests
Frequently
Asked Questions About Nuclear Medicine (RSNA/Radiology
Info)
Answers commonly asked questions about nuclear medicine tests, including
how the procedures work and their risks and benefits. [4/04]
Bone Scan
Bone
Scans (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Radiology)
Describes bone scans: their use, test preparation and exam procedure.
Bone
Scan - Recent MEDLINE Abstracts
NeoSpect Scan
NeoSpect
(99mTc-Depreotide) Scan - Recent MEDLINE Abstracts
PET Scan
PET
Facilities (Academy of Molecular Imaging)
Offers a geographic listing of PET facilities who are members of
the Academy of Molecular Imaging.
Cancer
Imaging: Nuclear Imaging: PET & SPECT (National Cancer
Institute)
Simple description of how PET scans are used to detect tumors. [undated]
Role
of PET Scan in Diagnosis, Staging and Management of NSCLC (The
Oncologist)
by Schrevens, L. et al.
v.9, no.6 The Oncologist (November 2004): 633-643
Comprehensive review of positron emission tomography (PET) imaging
in the locoregional and distant staging of NSCLC. States that PET is the
gold standard in evaluation of the indeterminate solitary pulmonary nodule,
where it has proven to be significantly more accurate than computed tomography
(CT) imaging in the distinction between benign and malignant lesions.
Discusses the role of PET in evaluating locoregional lymph nodes and as
an adjunct to conventional imaging in detecting metastatic spread. Aimed
at physicians. [11/04]
Evaluation
of Bone Metastases in Lung Cancer (H. Lee Moffitt Cancer
Center)
by Poonam Malhotra, MD and Claudia G. Berman, MD
v.9, n.3 Cancer Control Journal (May/June 2002): 254-55
Case study illustrating how FDG-PET scans offer advantages over bone scans
for detecting bone metastases from lung cancer. Suggests that FDG-PET
can be useful in determining the presence of active metastatic disease
following treatment and is useful in monitoring response to therapy. (Be
sure to click on the "Discussion" button at the bottom of the page.) [2002]
F-FDG
PET in Evaluation of Adrenal Lesions in Patients with Lung Cancer
(PubMed)
Abstract of a study to assess the role of PET with F-FDG in differentiating
benign from metastatic adrenal masses detected on CT or MRI scans of patients
with lung cancer. Concludes that F-FDG PET is an accurate, noninvasive
technique for differentiating benign from metastatic adrenal lesions detected
on CT or MRI in lung cancer patients. [12/04]
PET
Scan - Recent MEDLINE Articles
PET/CT Scan
PET/CT:
What is it and what does it do? (CURE)
by Landis K. Griffith, MD, PhD
v. 3, no.3 CURE (Fall 2004): 69-70
Patient article describes computed tomography (CT) and positron emission
tomography (PET) and how the combined scan PET/CT works to provide additional
data and accuracy. Also discusses the several technical issues related
to PET/CT, including the type of machine and scanning time required. [10/04]
Staging
of NSCLC with Integrated PET/CT (PubMed)
Prospective study published in the June 19, 2003 issue of the New
England Journal of Medicine that compared the diagnostic accuracy
of PET and CT with that of CT alone, that of PET alone, and that of conventional
visual correlation of PET and CT in determining the state of disease in
NSCLC. The study found that integrated PET/CT improves the diagnostic
accuracy of the staging of NSCLC. [6/03]
PET/CT Fusion
Images Help Pinpoint Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (Medscape)
Reports encouraging results from several studies presented at the 2002
annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) that
examined the use of PET/CT fusion scans for the diagnosis and management
of cancer diagnosing, including lung cancer. [7/02]
Impact
of Computed Tomography-Positron Emission Tomography (PET/CT) in Staging
Patients with Thoracic Malignancies (Annals of Thoracic
Surgery)
Abstract of a study that found CT-PET fusion images were more accurate
than camera-based PET alone. CT-PET fusion improves the spatial resolution
compared with dedicated PET and may improve the ability and efficacy of
staging patients with thoracic malignancies. [7/02]
PET/CT
Scan - Recent MEDLINE Abstracts
SPECT Scan
SPECT:
Detection of Tumors by Radiolabeled Antibodies (National
Cancer Institute)
Simple description of how SPECT scans are used to detect tumors.
[3/00]
V/Q (Ventilation/Perfusion) Scan
Ventilation-Perfusion
Scan (V-Q Scan) (Harvard Family Health Guide)
Explains what a ventilation-perfusion scan is, how to prepare, what to
expect and what to do afterwards. [10/99]
Pulmonary
Ventilation/Perfusion Scan (MEDLINEplus)
Describes a V/Q scan (also called lung ventilation/perfusion),
a nuclear scan test using inhaled and injected radioactive material (radioisotopes)
to measure breathing (ventilation) and circulation (perfusion) in all
areas of the lungs. Discusses how and why the test is performed, how to
prepare for the test, the risks, and the significance of abnormal results.
Aimed at patients. [5/03]
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