Practical approach to diagnostic CT combined with PET

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 622-629

  Wong, Terence Z ^a   Paulson, Erik K ^a   Nelson, Rendon C ^a   Patz Jr , Edward F ^a   Coleman, R Edward ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal imaging; Chest; CT technique; Oncologic imaging; PET

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ONCOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33847180175     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.06.0813     Document Type: Review

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