FDG PET/CT imaging features and clinical utility in COVID-19.

Purpose: To determine the imaging findings and potential clinical utility of FDG PET/CT in patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19.

Methods: We performed a single institution retrospective review of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 using real time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) who underwent FDG PET/CT for routine cancer care between March 1, 2020 to April 30, 2020, during the height of the pandemic in New York City, New York, United States. PET/CT scans were retrospectively reviewed for imaging findings suspicious for COVID-19.

Utility of Core Biopsy Specimen to Identify Histologic Subtype and Predict Outcome for Lung Adenocarcinoma.

Background: Lung adenocarcinoma histologic subtype is an important indicator of patient outcomes, so preoperative knowledge of subtype may be helpful to guide surgical planning. We evaluated the sensitivity and prognostic efficacy of specimens from computed tomography-guided core needle biopsies to predict histologic subtype and patient outcome after surgery.

Methods: We retrospectively identified 221 patients with lung adenocarcinoma who underwent computed tomography-guided lung biopsy and subsequent surgical resection.

Preliminary results: prospective clinical study to assess image-based iterative reconstruction for abdominal computed tomography acquired at 2 radiation dose levels.

Objective: The objective of this study was to compare image quality for abdominal computed tomographic (CT) images acquired at 200 and 50 mA s and reconstructed with image-based iterative reconstruction.

Materials And Methods: In this institutional review board-approved prospective study, 22 patients (mean [SD] age, 64.3 [14.

Incidental neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas: MDCT findings and features of malignancy.

Objective: The objective of our study was to evaluate the MDCT features of incidentally detected neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) of the pancreas, identify features that can predict tumor biology or aggressiveness and long-term outcome, and determine the incidence of "nonbenign" behavior.

Materials And Methods: In this retrospective study, 60 histologically verified pancreatic NETs incidentally detected with contrast-enhanced MDCT were included. Various MDCT features such as size, morphology, enhancement, and presence of calcifications were evaluated and were correlated with tumor biology on histopathology.