Evaluation of pulmonary nodules: Comparison of a prototype dual crystal (LSO/NAI) dual head coincidence camera and full ring positron emission tomography (PET)

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 250-254

  Joshi, U ^a   Raijmakers, P G H M ^a   Van Lingen, A ^a   Comans, E F I ^a   Pijpers, R ^a   Teule, G J J ^a   Hoekstra, O S ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coin lesion; Dual detector coincidence imaging; FDG PET; Pulmonary

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; PATIENT TREATMENT;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE (FDG); LESIONS; PULMONARY NODULES (PN); SENSITIVE ASSESSMENT STRATEGY;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DUAL HEAD COINCIDENCE CAMERA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG NODULE; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; FEMALE; GAMMA CAMERAS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LUTETIUM; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICATES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 22144450296     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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