Combining anatomy and function: The future of medical imaging

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 577-579

  Roach, P J ^a   Bailey, D L ^b  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FLUOROTYROSINE F 18; HEAVY ION; IODINE 131; METHIONINE C 11; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PENTETREOTIDE IN 111; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANATOMY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYCLOTRON; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDITORIAL; HEAVY ION RADIATION; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ONCOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIOLOGIST; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 27644451473     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2005.00939.x     Document Type: Editorial

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