Lesion size determines accuracy of thallium-201 brain single-photon emission tomography in differentiating between intracranial malignancy and infection in AIDS patients

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1973-1979

  Young, Robert J ^a   Ghesani, Munir V ^a   Kagetsu, Nolan J ^a   DeRogatis, Andrew J ^b  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b White Plains Hospital Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM 201; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; THALLIUM;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TOXOPLASMOSIS; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN TUMOR; EVALUATION; INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 32944480170     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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