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Pet Therapy

Known as: Therapy, Pet, Animal-Assisted Therapy, Pet-Facilitated Therapy 
A type of therapy that uses dogs or other pets to improve the physical and mental health of patients with certain acute or chronic diseases. It is… 
National Institutes of Health

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Animal Assisted Therapy
AnimalsRehabilitation therapy

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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Bone marrow disease detection with FDG-PET/CT and bone marrow biopsy during the staging of malignant lymphoma: results from a large multicentre study.
AIM To compare the accuracy of bone marrow biopsy (BMb) and positron emission tomography (PET) in bone marrow disease (BMD… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Quantitative assessment of the atherosclerotic burden of the aorta by combined FDG-PET and CT image analysis: a new concept.
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Early Detection of Chemoradioresponse in Esophageal Carcinoma by 3′-Deoxy-3′-3H-Fluorothymidine Using Preclinical Tumor Models
Purpose: Early identification of esophageal cancer patients who are responding or resistant to combined chemoradiotherapy may… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Trends in Thoracic Radiology Over a Decade at a Large Academic Medical Center
Objective: To investigate thoracic radiology usage over and above the secular trends associated with hospital-wide changes in the… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
FDG PET for staging of advanced non-small cell lung cancer prior to neoadjuvant radio-chemotherapy
Abstract. The aim of this study was to evaluate positron emission tomography (PET) with fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) for… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Comparing whole body 18F-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography and technetium-99m methylene diophosphate bone scan to detect bone metastases in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
Despite advances in morphological imaging, some patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are found to have non-resectable… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Comparison of (11)C-choline and (18)F-FDG PET in primary diagnosis and staging of patients with thoracic cancer.
UNLABELLED PET with (18)F-FDG is used for detection and staging of thoracic cancer; however, more specific PET… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Feasibility of fluorodeoxyglucose dual-head gamma camera coincidence imaging in the evaluation of lung cancer: comparison with FDG PET.
UNLABELLED The purpose of this study was to elucidate the feasibility of fluorodeoxyglucose gamma camera coincidence imaging (FDG… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
FDG-PET Evaluation of Carcinoma of the Cervix.
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Comparison of myocardial uptake of fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose imaged with PET and SPECT in dyssynergic myocardium.
UNLABELLED PET with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) can detect viable myocardium and predict functional recovery after… 
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