Fluorine-18 deoxyglucose and false-positive results: A major problem in the diagnostics of oncological patients

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1409-1415

  Strauss, Ludwig G ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aminoisobutyric acid; Fluorine 18 deoxyglucose; Iterative image reconstruction; Positron emission tomography; Specificity

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 2 METHYLPROPIONIC ACID; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTIFACT; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ARTIFACTS; DEOXYGLUCOSE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0029826105     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01367602     Document Type: Review

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