Integrated positron emission tomography/computed tomography in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: Normal variants and pitfalls

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 205-209

  Truong, Mylene T ^a   Erasmus, Jeremy J ^a   Macapinlac, Homer A ^a   Marom, Edith M ^a   Mawlawi, Osama ^a   Gladish, Gregory W ^a   Sabloff, Bradley S ^a   Bruzzi, John F ^a   Munden, Reginald F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Lung cancer; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; ELECTRONS; POSITRONS;

CLINICAL HISTORY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; LUNG CANCER; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; NORMAL VARIANTS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY/COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; SPECTRA'S; TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; TRACER;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFLAMMATION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 15744379524     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rct.0000159510.13694.8c     Document Type: Article

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