Focal parenchymal lung lesions showing a potential of false-positive and false-negative interpretations on integrated PET/CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 639-648

  Sung, Shine Shim ^a   Lee, Kyung Soo ^a   Kim, Byung Tae ^a   Joon, Young Choi ^a   Myung, Jin Chung ^a   Eun, Jeong Lee ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

18F FDG uptake; Lung; Lung cancer; Lung diseases; PET CT

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG UPTAKE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOMA; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645822098     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.1896     Document Type: Article

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