Impact of FDG-PET/MRI image fusion on the detection of pancreatic cancer

Pancreatology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 512-519

  Ruf, J ^a   Lopez Hanninen E ^a   Bohmig M ^a   Koch, I ^a   Denecke, T ^a   Plotkin, M ^a   Langrehr, J ^a   Wiedenmann, B ^a   Felix, R ^a   Amthauer, H ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Image fusion; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pancreas cancer; Pancreatitis; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS CANCER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 33847688951     PISSN: 14243903     EISSN: 14243911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096993     Document Type: Article

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