Substitution of oral 18F-FDG for intravenous 18F-FDG in PET scanning

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 100-104

  Nair, Narendra ^a   Agrawal, Archi ^a   Jaiswar, Rajnath ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Difficult intravenous access; Oral 18F FDG; PET scan

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34547651340     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnmt.106.036129     Document Type: Article

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