Iodine-131 treatment and high-resolution CT: Results in patients with lung metastases from differentiated thyroid carcinoma

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 825-830

  Iigan, Seyfettin ^a   Karacalioglu, A Ozgur ^a   Pabuscu, Yuksel ^a   Atac, G Kaan ^a   Arslan, Nuri ^a   Ozturk, Emel ^a   Gunalp, Bengul ^a   Ozguven, M Ali ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

High resolution computed tomography; Iodine 131; Lung; Metastases; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; WHOLE BODY SCANNER;

EID: 2942597584     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-004-1460-x     Document Type: Article

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