Gallium SPECT/CT in lymphoma: The ups and downs of functional imaging

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1247-1249

  Bar Shalom, Rachel ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GALLIUM; GALLIUM 67; TRACER;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGING; LYMPHOMA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TECHNOLOGY;

CITRATES; GALLIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LYMPHOMA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27744501827     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-005-1910-0     Document Type: Editorial

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