Occult cancer detected by positron emission tomography/computed tomography image fusion

Anticancer Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1 B, 2005, Pages 459-461

  Watanabe, Shun Ichi ^a   Tanaka, Daizo ^a   Nakamura, Yoshihiro ^a   Kariatsumari, Kota ^a   Fukumori, Kazuhiko ^a   Ohkubo, Junko ^a   Sakata, Ryuzo ^a   Takagi, Keigo ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Image fusion; Occult; Positron emission tomography; Tracheal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; TRACHEA CARCINOMA; TRACHEA RESECTION;

BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 16344367548     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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