Speaker
Dr
Giuseppe Boni
(Nuclear Medicìne Unit, Department of Oncology and Radiology, A.O.U. Pisa)
Description
In the last ten years, the widespread use of minimally invasive thoracic surgical procedures has prompted the development of nuclear medicine techniques for the pre-operative imaging and intra-operative probe detection of pulmonary lesions and mediastinal sentinel and metastastic nodes.
Moreover, the introduction in clinical practice of hybrid imaging devices like SPET/CT and PET/CT has pushed thoracic surgeons and nuclear medicine physicians to use intra-operatively gamma and/or beta emitters for the detection and excision of minimal residual disease. We present results of the 15 years of clinical experience in this field and future trends and applications in radioguided thoracic surgery.
Author
Dr
Giuseppe Boni
(Nuclear Medicìne Unit, Department of Oncology and Radiology, A.O.U. Pisa)
Co-authors
Dr
Elisa Borso
(Nuclear Medicìne Unit, Department of Oncology and Radiology, A.O.U. Pisa)
Dr
Giampiero Manca
(Nuclear Medicìne Unit, Department of Oncology and Radiology, A.O.U. Pisa)
Dr
Giuliano Mariani
(Nuclear Medicìne Unit, Department of Oncology and Radiology, A.O.U. Pisa)
Mariano Grosso
(Nuclear Medicìne Unit, Department of Oncology and Radiology, A.O.U. Pisa)
