Tissue characterization of solitary pulmonary nodule: Comparative study between helical dynamic CT and integrated PET/CT

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 443-450

  Yi, Chin A ^a   Kyung, Soo Lee ^a   Kim, Byung Tae ^a   Joon, Young Choi ^a   Kwon, O Jung ^a   Kim, Hojoong ^a   Young, Mog Shim ^a   Myung, Jin Chung ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lung neoplasms, CT; Lung neoplasms, diagnosis; Lung neoplasms, PET

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; LUNG COIN LESION; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33645969925     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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