Combining PET with other, complementary, imaging techniques also brings huge benefits, especially when the observations can be made simultaneously.
MR and CT imaging are emerging as the most promising complementary imaging techniques in the primary diagnosis of CAD and for coronary atherosclerotic disease detection.
Complementary imaging techniques, such as X-ray computed tomography (CT), were also employed in order to assess and validate histological information.
Complementary imaging with confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) indicated that the composition of the microbial community changes following the treatment with maltodextrin/2IB3MP.
Alternatives to software-based fusion have now become available through instrumentation that combines two complementary imaging techniques within a single gantry, an approach that has since been termed "hardware fusion" (Fig. 2).
We used two independent, but complementary, imaging experiments to examine the nuclear inheritance process.
The comparative value of sampling additional segments or the use of potentially complementary imaging techniques, such as strain and strain rate, could not be assessed.
We used two independent but complementary imaging experiments based on aphidicolin treatment and time-lapse live cellular imaging to examine the nuclear inheritance process in G. irregulare and G. diaphanum.
With two functionalities integrated in a single nanoparticle, a sensitive contrast agent for two very powerful and highly complementary imaging techniques including fluorescence imaging and magnetic resonance imaging is obtained.
In a recent prospective study conducted in 110 patients with complicated diabetic foot, FDG-PET/CT was found to be a highly specific imaging modality for the diagnosis of osteomyelitis and was deemed a useful complementary imaging modality for use with MRI [ 11].
If a tumoral mass is revealed, complementary imaging techniques such as computer tomography, ultrasound, or magnetic resonance imaging will be used in order to get more detailed information about the growth.
