Advanced Imaging for Veterinary Cancer Patients

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1059-1077

  LeBlanc, Amy K ^a   Daniel, Gregory B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 FLUORO 3 (2 NITRO 1 IMIDAZOLYL) 2 PROPANOL F 18; CARBON 11; CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT F 18; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; NITROGEN 13; OXYGEN 15; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER O 15;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANGIOSARCOMA; ANIMAL DISEASE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAT DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOG DISEASE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG UPTAKE; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KIDNEY TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MOUTH TUMOR; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSARCOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; SKIN CANCER; SKULL TUMOR; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANIMALS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35348915961     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2007.06.004     Document Type: Review

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