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The focus of this chapter is on positron emission tomography (PET) and PET and computed tomography (PET/CT) applications specific to the tumors arising in the gastrointestinal tract and female gynecologic organs, excluding systemic malignancies such as lymphoma and melanoma, which…

Technical Aspects Positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET/CT) represents the successful technical combination of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and PET into a single scanner. PET with the fluorine-18 (18F)–labeled glucose analog fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) provides metabolic imaging of tissues, both…