18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose triple-headed coincidence detection imaging in oncology: Preliminary results and comparison with dedicated PET

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  De Winter, Frederic ^a   Van de Wiele, Christophe ^a   Vandenberghe, Stefaan ^a   Vandenbossche, Bieke ^a   D'Asseler, Yves ^a   Huglo, Damien ^a   Dierckx, Rudi ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coincidence; FDG; Oncology; PET

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ONCOLOGY; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION PROCESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FLUDEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036280785     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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