Slideshow
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Advanced Stage NSCLC
This frontal view x-ray of the chest shows advanced stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) of a 50-year-old woman with a long history of smoking and emphysema. The orange area depicts collapsed lung tissue at the base of the right lung, and the yellow area highlights a pleura-based density along the right hemithorax.
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Fluorodeoxyglucose FDG-PET Scan
Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) scan of the chest (axial section) shows cancer in the right lung. The rapidly growing, highly metabolic cancer cells of the tumor take up the FDG, causing a distinguished appearance from the other lung tissue cells/benign tumors. FDG is useful in diagnosing, staging, and following tumors.
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Bronchopulmonary SCLC
CT scan of the axial section of the thorax highlighting bronchopulmonary small cell lung cancer (SCLC) with a large middle mediastinum mass.
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PET/CT Fusion Imaging
The PET/CT fusion image shows non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) of the right lung, with an early stage of another type of cancer showing up in the yellow/pink highlighted area. PET/CT fusion imaging is a multimodality technology that allows the correlation of findings from two concurrent imaging modalities.
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3D CT Scan Model
Posterior view of a 3D CT scan model showing advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in a patient who had a long history of smoking and emphysema. The large pleura-based mass (green) has eroded through the ribs and thoracic vertebrae.
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MRI Scan Showing SCLC
MRI scan of the abdomen highlighting small cell lung cancer (SCLC).
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Lung Tumor Invading an Alveolus
Electron microscope using a colored scan to highlight a lung tumor (red) invading an alveolus. The cancer cells are covered with microvilli.
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Masses in Both Lungs
Color coded chest x-ray showing masses (orange silhouettes) in both lungs.
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Small Cell Lung Cancer
Colored coded chest x-ray highlighting small cell lung cancer (SCLC) represented in orange.
