Clinical Molecular Imaging Research Group (CMIRG)
Andrew Quon
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Clinical Molecular Imaging Research Group
3D CT has been available for over 10 years and can be readily performed at many modern imaging centers. The most common viewing formats: Virtual Colonoscopy and External 3D Volume "Fly-Around".
Some issues have diminished the utility of 3D CT:
- Small and flat lesions are difficult to see/characterize
- In CT colonography, stool cannot be differentiated from polyps without very strict bowel cleansing
- Steep learning curve for radiologists
FDG PET has superior accuracy to CT for many tumors and integrated PET/CT appears to add additional value. Although fused PET/CT images for 3D volume rendering is currently undefined and undescribed, it appears to provide additional beneficial data for image interpretation and may create new areas of clinical application. A particularly promising avenue is usage in pre-surgical/pre-procedural planning. Future work includes: (1) Further development of the 3D PET/CT software tools, (2) validation of this technique in more patients, and (3) use in tracers other than FDG.
News & Updates
June 2007
Our journal article ""Flying through" and "flying around" a PET/CT scan: Pilot study and development of 3D integrated 18F-FDG PET/CT for
virtual bronchoscopy and colonoscopy." has gained two awards:
July 2006
Data from our project has been published in the July 2006 issue of the
Journal of Nuclear Medicine and featured on the cover.
June 20, 2005
We have been awarded Image of the Year at the 2005 Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) Annual Meeting in Toronto.
April 4, 2005
Proceeds from our project have been accepted for oral presenation at the Society of Nuclear Medicine Annual Meeting in Toronto this June 2005. Entitled: "NOVEL 3-D RENDERED FDG PET-CT VIRTUAL BRONCHOSCOPY AND COLONOGRAPHY FOR IMPROVED LESION LOCALIZATION AND PRE-SURGICAL EVALUATION."
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