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S8085 Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxygluco

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Also known as: PET scan, FDG-PET

Positron Emission Tomography using fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) tracer for metabolic imaging of malignancy, infection, and neurological disease.

Clinical Context

Used for oncologic staging, restaging and surveillance, infection/inflammation detection, and neurodegenerative disease evaluation.

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Specialties

OncologyNuclear MedicineNeurology

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