PET/CT imaging has rapidly emerged as an important imaging tool in oncology and provides multiple exciting new opportunities to integrate functional and morphological information for tumor staging, radiation treatment planning and monitoring of tumor response to therapy. In this Review, the authors discuss the technical features of PET/CT and its role in diagnosis, staging, restaging and treatment monitoring as well as radiation planning in cancer patients.
- Wolfgang A Weber
- Anca L Grosu
- Johannes Czernin
