The Role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the Evaluation of Solid Splenic Masses

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 420-425

  Metser, Ur ^a   Even Sapir, Einat ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748949387     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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