Percutaneous Lung Tumor Biopsy Under CBCT Guidance with PET-CT Fusion Imaging: Preliminary Experience.

Chiara FloridiA CarnevaleE M FumarolaS SchampaertF FontanaD De PalmaA Del SoleM GigantiG Carrafiello

Published in: Cardiovascular and interventional radiology (2019)

CBCT-guided percutaneous lung biopsy with PET-CT fusion imaging is a feasible and effective procedure, with the potential to further improve diagnostic yield by targeting the most metabolically active portion of a lesion, whether it is morphologically altered or normal.

Keyphrases

pet ct
ultrasound guided
minimally invasive
high resolution
positron emission tomography
fine needle aspiration
image quality
cone beam computed tomography
radiofrequency ablation
risk assessment
fluorescence imaging
human health