Normal physiological and benign pathological variants of 18-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron-emission tomography scanning: potential for error in interpretation

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 308-314

  Cook, Gary J R ^a,b   Fogelman, Ignac ^a   Maisey, Michael N ^b  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; REVIEW;

ARTIFACTS; DEOXYGLUCOSE; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0030254972     PISSN: 00012998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-2998(96)80006-7     Document Type: Article

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