Disease activity and 18F-FDG uptake in organising pneumonia: Semi-quantitative evaluation using computed tomography and positron emission tomography

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 906-912

  Tateishi, Ukihide ^a   Hasegawa, Tadashi ^b   Seki, Kunihiko ^a   Terauchi, Takashi ^c   Moriyama, Noriyuki ^c   Arai, Yasuaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET; Chest medicine; CT; Disease activity; Organising pneumonia

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG UPTAKE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746399513     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-006-0073-y     Document Type: Article

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