Chinese Journal of Interventional Imaging and Therapy 2009;6(4):378-381

Clinical value of PET and PET/CT in diagnosis and treatment ofmalignant lymphoma

Haihui SUN ; Zhihong QIAO ; Shujun QIU ; Jiaqiang WANG

Keywords

Malignant lymphoma; Tomography,emission-computed

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

PET and PET/CT are the methods of displaying the functional and metabolic changes in tissues. With its high sensitivity and specificity, it can be used as a noninvasive systemic functional examination. There are significant values in its diagnosing, staging, treatment directing and prognosis assessing in the malignant lymphoma.