Editorial · pages 10–12
The Emerging Role of Functional Imaging in Cancer Management
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S.C. Pande. The Emerging Role of Functional Imaging in Cancer Management. J Int Med Sci Acad. 2005;18(1):10–12.
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Functional Imaging offers great potential in investigative and therapeutic Oncology. Functional MRI (fMRI) is the current modality of choice for the demonstration of brain function in correlation with neuroanatomical localization using blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) contrast. Among scientigraphic functional imaging modalities, Positron Emission Tomography (PET) using 18F-2-deoxy- D-glucose (FDG PET) helps not only to highlight post-therapy residuce not discernible by conventional imaging, it also distinguishes tumour recurrence from radiation necrosis. It also has found applications in the investigation of various other common cancers.
Keywords
Functional Imaging, magnetic resonance, during the procedure, 99- Technetium, 201-Thallium