The Student Scientific Circle affiliated with the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the Medical University of Gdańsk has published the findings of its research into the role of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT) in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The study was published in late September 2026 in BMC Medical Imaging, a first-quartile (Q1) journal with an impact factor of 3.9. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a severe, chronic and progressive disease that predominantly affects men over the age of 50. The condition can lead to a p