Talk:Positron emission tomography-computed tomography fusion scanning

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 Definition:  A multi-modal medical imaging technique that scans the patient with X-ray computed tomography and positron emission tomography scanners mounted on the same gantry, so the images from both systems are in the same anatomical plane; the two methods complement one another, but sometimes additional analysis of a pure CT scan, occasionally in another plane, is necessary to rule out certain artifacts [d] [e]
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 Workgroup category:  Health Sciences [Editors asked to check categories]
 Subgroup category:  Nuclear Engineering
 Talk Archive:  none  English language variant:  American English

Challenging workgroups

Health Sciences is obvious, but one could make a case for chemistry for the PET, physics for the CT, engineering for the scanner itself, computers for the reconstruction, etc. I did put CZ: Nuclear Engineering Subgroup.

I'm beginning to wonder if there might be a need for a CZ: Medical Imaging Subgroup or, accurately but confusingly, CZ: Radiology so all the imaging modalities, including diagnostic ultrasound, thermography, etc., could be in one place. --Howard C. Berkowitz 19:12, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

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