Evaluation of breath-hold 201Tl SPECT in the differential diagnosis of solitary pulmonary nodules

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 277-281

  Komori, Tsuyoshi ^a   Narabayashi, Isamu ^a   Hayashi, Masuo ^a   Horiuchi, Shoji ^b   Adachi, Itaru ^a   Ogura, Yasuharu ^a   Ohta, Hitoya ^a   Utsunomiya, Keita ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Osaka Juso Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breath hold; Solitary pulmonary nodule; Thallium 201

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREATH ANALYSIS; BREATH HOLDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG NODULE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 23344436046     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02984619     Document Type: Article

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