Open AccessAccuracy of combined PET/CT in image-guided interventions of liver lesions: An ex-vivo study
Author(s) -
Patrick Veit
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v12.i15.2388
Subject(s) - medicine , lesion , radiology , ex vivo , nuclear medicine , dissection (medical) , target lesion , in vivo , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , psychiatry , percutaneous coronary intervention , myocardial infarction , biology
Positioning of interventional devices in liver lesions is a challenging task if only CT is available. We investigated the potential benefit of combined PET/CT images for localization of interventional devices in interventional liver studies.