The role of FDG-PET/CT imaging in head and neck malignant conditions: Impact on diagnostic accuracy and patient care

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 130-137

  Gordin, Arie ^a   Golz, Avishay ^a   Keidar, Zohar ^a   Daitzchman, Marcello ^a   Bar Shalom, Rachel ^a   Israel, Ora ^a  

^a Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 34250771621     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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