Effect of patients' being prone during FDG PET for the diagnosis of breast cancer

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1337-1339

  Yutani, Kenji ^a   Tatsumi, Mitsuaki ^a   Uehara, Toshiisa ^a   Nishimura, Tsunehiko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0032719054     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.173.5.10541114     Document Type: Article

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