F-18 FDG PET in detecting uterine leiomyoma

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-41

  Lin, Chun Yi ^a   Ding, Hueisch Jy ^b   Chen, Yen Kung ^c   Liu, Chiu Shoung ^d   Lin, Cheng Chieh ^d   Kao, Chia Hung ^d  

^a SHOW CHWAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

F 18 FDG PET; Menstrual cycle; Uterine leiomyoma

Indexed keywords

GYNECOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

F-18 FDG PET; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; UTERINE LEIOMYOMA;

TUMORS;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; UTERUS MYOMA; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 37349016237     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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