Assessment of water enema PET/CT: an effective imaging technique for the diagnosis of incidental colorectal 18F-FDG uptake

Abstract Background To validate the feasibility of water enema PET/CT (WE-PET/CT) in incidental colorectal 18F-FDG uptake and improve the accuracy of diagnosing colorectal neoplastic lesions. Methods We retrospectively analysed the electronic records of 338 patients undergoing common PET/CT and WE-P...

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Published in:	BMC Medical Imaging
Main Authors:	Rongqin Zhang, Meilinuer Abudurexiti, Wanglin Qiu, Pinbo Huang, Ping Hu, Wei Fan, Zhanwen Zhang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2024-01-01
Subjects:	Incidental colorectal lesions Positron emission tomography Colorectal 18F-FDG uptake Water enema
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12880-023-01186-0