ET and CT Imaging (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

ET and CT Imaging

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Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have shown that PET and CT imaging can be used to track, over time, if an anti-tuberculosis drug can reach TB bacteria nested inside cavities in the lungs. The CT scan at the top reveals the location of two lung cavities, while the bottom PET/CT image shows the failure of a radioactively tagged anti-TB drug (shown as colors) to get inside those cavities and attack the microbes they encase.

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