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Diagnostica per immagini: PET e PET/TC

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La PET (Positron Emission Tomography) è una tecnica di imaging tomografico per la quale è stato coniato il termine di metabolic imaging, volto a sottolineare il suo peculiare razionale diagnostico, basato sull’identificazione e caratterizzazione di un tumore mediante l’impiego di specifici radiofarmaci idonei a evidenziare le differenze metaboliche esistenti tra questo e i tessuti sani. Con la PET è infatti possibile studiare vari aspetti del metabolismo e della biologia di un tumore, quali la sua perfusione ematica e il suo metabolismo glucidico e aminoacidico; inoltre è consentito valutare la sua attività proliferat iva e la presenza di fenomeni ipossici nel contesto della massa tumorale [1].

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Crippa, F., Alessi, A., Bombardieri, E. (2011). Diagnostica per immagini: PET e PET/TC. In: Tumori della testa e del collo. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1806-8_10

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