The detection of small carcinoma with 18F-FDG using a dual head coincidence camera

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 160-162

  Stokkel, M P M ^a   Hoekstra, A ^a   Van Rijk, P P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dual head coincidence camera; F18 fluorodeoxyglucose; Small lesions

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; ONCOLOGY;

DUAL HEAD COINCIDENCE CAMERAS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LIP CARCINOMA; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0033485825     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(99)00003-0     Document Type: Article

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