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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2009; 19(03): 208-209
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.54885
Interventional Radiology

PET/CT guidance for percutaneous fine needle aspiration cytology/biopsy

MJ Govindarajan
Consulting Radiologist, Bangalore Institute of Oncology - Health Care Global, Bangalore, India
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KR Nagaraj
Consulting Radiologist, Bangalore Institute of Oncology - Health Care Global, Bangalore, India
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KG Kallur
Consulting Nuclear Medicine Specialist, Bangalore Institute of Oncology - Health Care Global, Bangalore, India
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PS Sridhar
Consulting Radiation oncologist, Bangalore Institute of Oncology - Health Care Global, Bangalore, India
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Abstract

PET/CT, used as a guiding tool, can improve the accuracy of percutaneous fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC)/biopsy due to its ability to incorporate both physiological and anatomical information.

Keywords

PET/CT - tumor - FNAC/biopsy


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Article published online:
02 August 2021

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