Characterization of the solitary pulmonary nodule: 18F-FDG PET versus nodule-enhancement CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1361-1367

  Christensen, Jared A ^a   Nathan, Mark A ^a   Mullan, Brian P ^a   Hartman, Thomas E ^a   Swensen, Stephen J ^a   Lowe, Val J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest; CT imaging; Lung diseases; PET CT

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 33750374198     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.1166     Document Type: Article

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