Endometrial and ovarian F-18 FDG uptake in serial PET studies and the value of delayed imaging for differentiation

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 781-787

  Zhu, Zhaohui ^a   Wang, Bocheng ^a   Cheng, Wuying ^a   Cheng, Xin ^a   Cui, Ruixue ^a   Huo, Li ^a   Dang, Yonghong ^a   Fu, Zhe ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F 18 FDG); Ovary; Physiological uptake; Positron emission tomography (PET)

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG UPTAKE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; MYOMETRIUM; OVARY CANCER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OVARY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33751216750     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000247261.82757.ea     Document Type: Article

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