Value of positron emission tomography in the diagnosis of malignant ocular tumors

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 215, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 163-168

  Spraul, Christoph W ^a,b   Lang, Gabriele E ^a   Lang, Gerhard K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Malignant melanoma; Ocular tumors; Positron emission tomography; Uveal metastases

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EYE CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0034994235     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000050851     Document Type: Article

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