FDG PET in the evaluation of treatment for lymphoma: Clinical usefulness and pitfalls

Radiographics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 191-207

  Kazama, Toshiki ^a,b   Faria, Silvana C ^b   Varavithya, Vithya ^b   Phongkitkarun, Sith ^b   Ito, Hisao ^a   Macapinlac, Homer A ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

BIOACCUMULATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG EXCRETION; FRACTURE; GASTROSTOMY; HEALTH SURVEY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STERNOTOMY; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 13244291766     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.251045045     Document Type: Review

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