Thallium-201 SPECT with triple-headed gamma camera for differential diagnosis of small pulmonary nodular lesion 20 mm in diameter or smaller

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 91-95

  Ikeda, Eiji ^b   Taki, Junichi ^a   Kinuya, Seigo ^b   Nakajima, Kenichi ^b   Tonami, Norihisa ^b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT); Small pulmonary nodule; Thallium 201

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034071081     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02988586     Document Type: Article

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