FDG-PET and CT characterization of adrenal lesions in cancer patients

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-35

  Jana, Suman ^a   Zhang, Tong ^a   Milstein, David M ^a   Isasi, Carmen R ^a   Blaufox, M Donald ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal lesions; Adrenal metastases; FDG PET; Image fusion; PET CT

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADRENAL BIOPSY; ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 28944446237     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-005-1915-8     Document Type: Article

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