Evaluation of normal FDG uptake in palatine tonsil and its potential value for detecting occult head and neck cancers: A PET CT study

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 675-680

  Wong, Wai Lup ^a   Gibson, Daren ^a   Sanghera, Bal ^a   Goodchild, Kate ^b   Saunders, Michele ^b  

^a Paul Strickland Scanner Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FDG; Head and neck; Normal uptake; PET CT; Pharyngeal palatine tonsil

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADENOID; ADULT; AGED; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PALATINE TONSIL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; ROC CURVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TONSIL;

EID: 34547657603     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e32829152b1     Document Type: Article

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