Using AI, the lung region without cancer on PET/CT images (green-colored region, called noncancerous lung) is automatically extracted. Then, the degree of inflammation within the extracted lung ...

In a new article published in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer, Moffitt Cancer Center researchers show that PET/CT images can be used to measure levels of the PD-L1 biomarker of non-small ...

Lung cancer is a serious diagnosis but research is helping to find new treatments. Learn how lung cancer appears in X-rays, CT scans, and biopsies.

Lung cancer patients may not need to wait till their radiation treatment is over to know if it worked. A PET scan several weeks after starting radiation treatment for lung cancer can indicate ...

He says PET scans are essential for lung cancer diagnoses compared to other imaging tests. According to Dr Mutua, a PET scan can detect cancer in lymph nodes and organs that appear normal on a ...

PET/CT scans work well for breast, lung, colon and other cancers, but until recently did not work well for prostate cancer because there were no effective tracer drugs for the disease.

Comparison with ground truth: Neural network-produced CT ventilation images (a–c) and Galligas PET ventilation images (d–f) for a high-correlation case. (Courtesy: CC BY 4.0/Med. Phys.

The use of 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT for tumour staging and treatment planning can improve outcomes for patients with lung cancer. In particular, using PET/CT for radiotherapy target volume ...

It’s an effective way to find cancer, but a negative PET scan doesn’t always mean there’s no cancer. There are some conditions that can lead to a false-negative or a false-positive result.