SPECT/CT in oncology: The fusion of two imaging modalities is a new standard of care

Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 285-289

  Tagliabue, Luca ^a   Schillaci, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE; CAPROMAB PENDETIDE IN 111; GALLIUM; OCTREOTIDE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMMUNOSCINTIGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PROSTATE CANCER; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36749065968     PISSN: 18244785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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