Virtual positron emission tomography/computed tomography-bronchoscopy: Possibilities, advantages and limitations of clinical application

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 709-715

  Seemann, Marcus D ^a   Schaefer, Juergen F ^b   Englmeier, Karl Hans ^c  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Image fusion; Lung cancer; PET CT; PET CT; Virtual CT bronchoscopy; Virtual endoscopy; Virtual hybrid bronchoscopy; Virtual PET CT bronchoscopy

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR;

BRONCHOSCOPY; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846976191     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0350-y     Document Type: Article

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