PET-Based Percutaneous Needle Biopsy

PET can be used to guide percutaneous needle biopsy to the most metabolic lesion, improving diagnostic yield. PET biopsy guidance can be performed using visual or software coregistration, electromagnetic needle tracking, cone-beam computed tomography (CT), and intraprocedural PET/CT guidance. PET/CT...

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Published inPET clinics Vol. 11; no. 3; p. 333
Main Author El-Haddad, Ghassan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.07.2016
Subjects
Biopsy, Needle
Humans
Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Neoplasms - pathology
Positron-Emission Tomography - methods
Radiology, Interventional - methods
Navigation
PET/CT
FDG
Image guidance
Fusion
Percutaneous biopsy
Tissue sampling
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Summary:PET can be used to guide percutaneous needle biopsy to the most metabolic lesion, improving diagnostic yield. PET biopsy guidance can be performed using visual or software coregistration, electromagnetic needle tracking, cone-beam computed tomography (CT), and intraprocedural PET/CT guidance. PET/CT-guided biopsies allow the sampling of lesions that may not be clearly visible on anatomic imaging, or of lesions that are morphologically normal. PET can identify suspicious locations within complex tumors that are most likely to contain important diagnostic and prognostic information.
ISSN:1879-9809
DOI:10.1016/j.cpet.2016.02.009