Frequency of diagnostic dilemmas in 131I whole body scanning

NuklearMedizin

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 55-62

  Leitha, Thomas ^a,c   Staudenherz, A ^b  

^a DANUBE HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Abt Diagnost/Therapeut N   (Austria)

Author keywords

131I; Differentiated thyroid cancer; Whole body scan

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131;

ARTICLE; BREAST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG EXCRETION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; KIDNEY METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOIODINATION; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH; THYROID CANCER; THYROID GLAND; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 0037350853     PISSN: 00295566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1625297     Document Type: Article

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