OBJECTIVE: This article identifies the most commonly encountered issues of combined PET/CT and shows the wide variability in perceived possible solutions to these issues. This article will serve as a catalyst to stimulate discussion between experts in both radiology and nuclear medicine. CONCLUSION: Combining a PET tomography and CT scanner into a single unit amounts to advantages that are not merely additive, but synergistic. Even PET/CT skeptics will embrace the technology after becoming acquainted with the possibilities and will accept the reality that there is no return to PET only.
OBJECTIVE: This article identifies the most commonly encountered issues of combined PET/CT and shows the wide variability in perceived possible solutions to these issues. This article will serve as a catalyst to stimulate discussion between experts in both radiology and nuclear medicine. CONCLUSION: Combining a PET tomography and CT scanner into a single unit amounts to advantages that are not merely additive, but synergistic. Even PET/CT skeptics will embrace the technology after becoming acquainted with the possibilities and will accept the reality that there is no return to PET only.
Authors: Kaushalya C Amarasinghe; Jamie Lopes; Julian Beraldo; Nicole Kiss; Nicholas Bucknell; Sarah Everitt; Price Jackson; Cassandra Litchfield; Linda Denehy; Benjamin J Blyth; Shankar Siva; Michael MacManus; David Ball; Jason Li; Nicholas Hardcastle Journal: Front Oncol Date: 2021-05-07 Impact factor: 6.244