Probability of Malignancy in Solitary Pulmonary Nodules Using Fluorine-18-FDG and PET

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 943-948

  Gupta, Naresh C ^a,b   Maloof, J ^a   Gunel, E ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorine 18 FDG; PET; Solitary pulmonary nodules

Indexed keywords

DEOXYGLUCOSE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUORINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG COIN LESION; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROBABILITY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; DEOXYGLUCOSE; FEMALE; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0030162614     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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