Integrated technology SPECT/CT in the diagnostic, staging and differential diagnostic benign and malignant lung lesions

Summary. The abilities of the technologies SPECT and SPECT/CT in diagnostic, staging of the lung cancer (LC) and benign and malignant lung lesions in the differential diagnostic are presented in the article. Tc-MIBI SPECT and SPECT/CT in patients with LC afford detecting and visualizing not only primary tumor, but metastatic mediastinal lymphatic nodes too. It affords to evaluate abundance and stage of the LC more accurately.