Selected Publications
Akers SR, Werner TJ, Rubello D, Alavi A, Cheng G.: 18F-FDG uptake and clearance in patients with compromised renal function. Nucl Med Commun. 37 (8): 825-832. ,2016.
Mena E, Yanamadala, Cheng G, Subramaniam RM.: The Current and Evolving Role of PET in Personalized Management of Lung Cancer. PET Clin. 11 : 243-259.,2016.
Cheng, G., Alavi, A., Werner, T. J., Del Bello, C. V., Akers, S. R.: Serial changes of FDG uptake and diagnosis of suspected lung malignancy: a lesion-based analysis Clin Nucl Med 39 (2): 147-55,2014.
Thomas C. Kwee, Gang Cheng, Sandip Basu, Abass Alavi: SUVmax of 2.5 should not be embraced as a magic threshold for separating benign from malignant lesions European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. Epub ahead of print). : 2013.
Gang Cheng, Thomas C. Kwee, Sandip Basu, Abass Alavi: Critical considerations on the combined use of 18F-FDG and 18F-fluoride for PET assessment of bone metastatic disease. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 40 : 1141–1145,2013.
Gang Cheng, Sabah Servaes, Hongming Zhuang: Value of FDG PET/CT scan versus diagnostic contrast CT in the initial staging of pediatric lymphoma patients. Leukemia and Lymphoma 54 (4): 737-42,2013.
Gang Cheng, Abass Alavi, Catherine V Del Bello, Scott R Akers: Differential Washout of FDG Activity in Two Different Inflammatory Lesions: Implications for Delayed Imaging. Clinical Nuclear Medicine : 38(7):576-9,2013.
Gang Cheng, Drew A. Torigian, Hongming Zhuang, Abass Alavi: When should we recommend use of dual time point and delayed time point imaging techniques in FDG-PET? European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 40 (5): 779-87,2013.
Gang Cheng, Abass Alavi, Esther Lim, Thomas Werner, Catherine V Del Bello, Scott Akers: Dynamic changes of FDG uptake in normal tissues. Mol Imaging Biol : 15(3):345-52,2013.
Gang Cheng, Wengen Chen, Wichana Chamroonrat, Drew A. Torigian, Hongming Zhuang, Abass Alavi: Biopsy versus FDG PET/CT in the evaluation of bone marrow involvement in pediatric lymphoma patients European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 38 (8):1469-1476 : 2011.
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