Integrated imaging using MRI and 123I metaiodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy to improve sensitivity and specificity in the diagnosis of pediatric neuroblastoma

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1115-1124

  Pfluger, Thomas ^a   Schmied, Christoph ^a   Porn, Ute ^a   Leinsinger, Gerda ^b   Vollmar, Christian ^a   Dresel, Stefan ^a   Schmid, Irene ^b   Hahn, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 123; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADRENAL TUMOR; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GANGLIONEUROMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER TUMOR; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0141855083     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.181.4.1811115     Document Type: Article

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