The purpose of this video is to present some common PET interpretation pitfalls so that physicians can avoid false-positive diagnoses and recognize nonspecific findings on FDG PET images.



Timecodes:
0:00 Introduction
0:09 Why is it important to recognize the pitfalls?
0:38 Principles of FDG-PET in oncology.
0:48 What is FDG?
0:58 Uptake of FDG in tumour cells
1:25 Metabolic trapping
1:46 Physiologic uptake sites
2:01 False-positive findings
2:32 Example 1: Tuberculosis
3:09 Example 2: Radiation pneumonitis
3:48 False-negative findings
4:32 Take home message
4:49 The end

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