High Predictive Value of F-18 FDG PET Patterns of the Spine for Metastases or Benign Lesions with Good Agreement between Readers

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 966-970

  Bohdiewicz, Paul J ^a   Wong, Ching Yee O ^a   Kondas, David ^a   Gaskill, Marianne ^a   Dworkin, Howard J ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

FDG PET; Interobserver variability; Neoplasm metastasis; Spine; Vertebra

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE METASTASIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 1442286010     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000099806.96580.db     Document Type: Article

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