A controlled study of positron-emission-tomography and positron-emission-tomography/computed tomography in differential diagnosis of solitary pulmonary nodules - Report of 60 cases

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 1572-1576

  Ding, Qi Yong ^a   Hua, Yan Qing ^a   Zhang, Guo Zhen ^a   Zhao, Jun ^b   Guan, Yi Hui ^b   Ge, Xiao Jun ^a   Mao, Ding Biao ^a   Zuo, Chuan Tao ^b  

^a HUADONG HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Positron emission tomography tomography; Solitary pulmonary nodule; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HAMARTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG CYST; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG NODULE; LUNG SEQUESTRATION; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUBERCULOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 26044481714     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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