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. 2015 Dec 17;8:3803–3815. doi: 10.2147/OTT.S87126

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Automated hot-spot detection on surgical planning of ¹⁸FET PET-guided stereotactic serial biopsy.

Notes: (A) 18-F FET-PET guided stereotactic serial biopsy of an insular lesion. The red line indicates the biopsy trajectory until the target point inside the contrast enhancing area. (B) The software allows image fusion between CT-MRI and FET PET. Biopsy target was achieved by means of an automated hot-spot detection system.

Abbreviations: FET, fluoroethyl tyrosine; PET, positron-emission tomography; CT, computed tomography; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.