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Applications of PET (Cardiac PET imaging: ( Metabolism: (diabetes:…
Applications of PET
Cardiac PET imaging:
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Metabolism:
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can differentiate between caloric and normal diet (more red, more presence)
Perfusion (ischemia, damage)
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Oncology
Main applications:
Diagnosis
Hypoxia and diagnosis: 18F FMISO:
F-FMISO is the mostly used hypoxia imaging marker with several clinical trials for head and neck cancer, lung cancer, cervical cancer, and brain tumors
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Inflammation: :
Metabolic activity of inflammatory cells (Glucose, choline)
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Inflammatory cytokines (MMPs, IL-2, TNF-a)
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Evaluation of response to treatment (surgical, radio, or chemotherapy)
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