Comparison Between CBCT and Fusion PET/CT-CBCT Guidance for Lung Biopsies.

Federico FontanaFilippo PiacentinoAnna Maria IerardiGianpaolo CarrafielloAndrea CoppolaAlessandra MuolloAlessandro BeneventiChiara FloridiAndrea Selenito ImperatoriGiulio CarcanoMassimo Venturini

Published in: Cardiovascular and interventional radiology (2020)

PET/CT-CBCT-guided lung biopsy is a feasible technique. In our retrospective case series, we found a higher clinical success rate, but no statistical difference was found.

Keyphrases

pet ct
cone beam computed tomography
image quality
positron emission tomography
ultrasound guided
computed tomography
cross sectional
fine needle aspiration
magnetic resonance