Nodules, CT-scans and PET-scans: A good partnership

Lung Cancer

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-30

  Vansteenkiste, Johan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ACHILLES TENDON; CAMERA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2942574441     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2004.02.012     Document Type: Editorial

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