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From PET to PET/CT

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In the decade since the previous edition of this chapter was written, positron emission tomography (PET), and more recently PET/computed tomography (CT), has continued to grow in prominence within the field of nuclear medicine imaging. Surveys conducted by the market research firm IVM (Greenbelt, MD) show an average annual increase of 10.4 % in the number of PET and PET/CT studies performed between 2005 and 2008 (IMV Medical Information Division. PET Market summary report. http://www.imvinfo.com/index.aspx?sec=pet&sub=dis&itemid=200076. 2008). The trend, however, has seen a decline in recent years. This overall growth in utilization is reflected in the growing number of peer-reviewed publications and scientific presentations at international nuclear medicine meetings on PET and PET/CT imaging. The advantages of PET/CT over dedicated PET imaging (described below) have also drastically changed the characteristics of the scanner models that are available from manufacturers. As of the middle of the first decade of 2000, none of the three principal manufacturers of PET scanners (GE Healthcare, Siemens Medical Solutions, and Philips Medical Systems) still offered a dedicated PET system; only hybrid PET/CT systems were being manufactured.

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  1. Department of Imaging Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Osama Mawlawi Ph.D. & Richard Wendt III Ph.D.

  2. Department of Experimental Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Wai-Hoi Gary Wong Ph.D.

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  1. and Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas, Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Holcombe Blvd. 1515, Houston, 77030, Texas, USA

    E. Edmund Kim

  2. Gachon University School of Medicine, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Guwol-dong 1198, Namdong-Gu, Incheon, 405, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

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  3. Yokohama City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Fukuura 3-9, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 236-0004, Japan

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Mawlawi, O., Wendt, R., Wong, WH.G. (2013). From PET to PET/CT. In: Kim, E., Lee, MC., Inoue, T., Wong, WH. (eds) Clinical PET and PET/CT. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0802-5_3

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