Validation and clinical application of computer-combined computed tomography and positron emission tomography with 2-[18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose head and neck images

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 628-632

  Wong, Wai Lup ^c   Hussain, Karim ^a   Chevretton, Elfy ^c   Hawkes, David J ^b   Baddeley, Hiram ^d   Maisey, Michael ^b   McGurk, Mark ^a,e  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^d MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030456528     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(96)00313-3     Document Type: Article

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