The Role of PET/CT in Treatment Planning and Evaluation of Response for Cervical Cancer

Quantum Dot-Based Nanoprobes for In Vivo Targeted Imaging

“…X-ray computed tomography (CT) is one of the most reliable and widely used diagnostic tools in the clinic, which is fast, three-dimensional (3D), and has high spatial resolution [1, 5]. Traditional clinical contrast agents for CT are based on iodinated molecules and compounds with high X-ray absorption coefficient.…”

“…Over the last two decades, many imaging tools have been applied in biological and biomedical research, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) [1-3], computed tomography (CT) [4, 5], positron emission tomography (PET) [6-10], single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) [11], fluorescence/bioluminescence [12-15], ultrasound (US) [16], as well as multimodality approaches that can combine the benefit of various imaging techniques [17-20]. With the size comparable to biological molecules, but orders of magnitude smaller than human cells, nanoparticles (NPs) can offer unprecedented interactions with biomolecules both on the surface of and inside the cells which may revolutionize disease diagnosis and treatment.…”

Validity of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography for Pretreatment Evaluation of Patients With Cervical Carcinoma

“…9 The PET/CT is useful in radiation therapy planning and in assessing the therapeutic efficacy for cervical carcinoma. 10 Another article also suggests that PET/CT and MRI could be taken to estimate tumor response during concurrent chemoradiotherapy. 11 The PET/CT and therapeutic innovations promise higher chances of survival of cervical carcinoma in the future.…”

Application of FDG-PET/CT in Radiation Oncology

“…Studies showed that FDG-PET/CT improved the accuracy of target definition (Nestle et al, 2006; MacManus et al, 2009) and PET/CT reduced the inter-observer variability compared to CT alone (Tejwani et al, 2012). PET/CT helps in finding CT-undetected or borderline sized nodes and improves target accuracy for nodal radiation.…”