Additional value of integrated PET-CT in the detection and characterization of lung metastases: Correlation with CT alone and PET alone

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 467-473

  De Wever, Walter ^a   Meylaerts, L ^a   Ceuninck, L ^a   Stroobants, S ^a   Verschakelen, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Characterization; Detection; Integrated PET CT; Pulmonary metastases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THYROID TUMOR; TONGUE TUMOR; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846414681     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0362-7     Document Type: Article

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