A combined PET/CT scanner for clinical oncology

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1369-1379

  Beyer, T ^a   Townsend, D W ^a   Brun, T ^a   Kinahan, P E ^a   Charron, M ^a   Roddy, R ^a   Jerin, J ^a   Young, J ^a   Byars, L ^a   Nutt, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Dual modality; Image fusion; Oncology; PET

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DUODENAL NEOPLASMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; POLYPS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033870513     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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