摘要
The differential diagnosis of solitary pulmonary nodules （SPNs） remains a challenge. It is acknowledged that combining positron-emission tomography （PET） and computed tomography （CT） offers the most reliable noninvasive method for the diagnosis of SPNs. Since Townsend et al1 developed integrated PET/CT in 1999, this technique has increasingly been introduced into clinical practice. To date, nuclear medicine physicians have usually undertaken PET/CT diagnosis, but the question is surfacing as how to make full use of the information of CT image to improve the accuracy of SPN diagnosis. To answer this question, we performed a retrospective study on 60 patients with SPNs.
The differential diagnosis of solitary pulmonary nodules （SPNs） remains a challenge. It is acknowledged that combining positron-emission tomography （PET） and computed tomography （CT） offers the most reliable noninvasive method for the diagnosis of SPNs. Since Townsend et al1 developed integrated PET/CT in 1999, this technique has increasingly been introduced into clinical practice. To date, nuclear medicine physicians have usually undertaken PET/CT diagnosis, but the question is surfacing as how to make full use of the information of CT image to improve the accuracy of SPN diagnosis. To answer this question, we performed a retrospective study on 60 patients with SPNs.
基金
Thisworkwassupportedbythetrainingprogramforonehundred cross centuryleadingscientistsinShanghaimedicalcircle(No. 97BR034).
作者简介
Correspondence to： Dr. HUA Yan-qing, Department of Radiology, Huadong Hospital, Shanghai 200040, China （ Tel ： 86-21-62483180 ext 20234）
