Keywords:
Molecular imaging
Authors:
A. Mahajan, M. Thakur; Mumbai/IN
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2010/C-3430
Conclusion
Finally we conclude, CTP provides additional functional information regarding characterization of lymph nodes.
It might be useful in differentiation between malignant and non-malignant lymph nodes; however, this study requires further validation.
Therefore perfusion CT tool may be helpful in oncology, providing a higher degree of diagnosis security, differentiation in malignancy and for the therapeutical follow-up
One of the important applications of this technique is the indication of a highly perfused node, which could be used to guide biopsy and thus reducing the chance of sampling error.