FDG/PET and spiral CT image fusion for medistinal lymph node assessment of non-small cell lung cancer patients. - Concepedia

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FDG/PET and spiral CT image fusion for medistinal lymph node assessment of non-small cell lung cancer patients.

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1999

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Patrizia Magnani, Angelo Carretta, Giovanna Rizzo, Ferruccio Fazio, Angelo Vanzulli, Giovanni Lucignani, Piero Zannini, C. Messa, Claudio Landoni, Maria Carla Gilardi,

Abstract

CT+PET is more accurate than spiral-CT and PET alone in staging mediastinal lymph node involvement in lung cancer patients, with possible implications for their prognosis and therapy.