Role of low-dose, noncontrast computed tomography from integrated positron emission tomography/computed tomography in evaluating incidental 2-deoxy-2-[F-18]fluoro-d-glucose-avid colon lesions

Molecular Imaging and Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-53

  Lee, S T ^a,b,c   Tan, T ^a   Poon, A M T ^a,b   Toh, H B ^a   Gill, S ^a,c   Berlangieri, S U ^a   Kraft, E ^a   Byrne, A J ^a   Pathmaraj, K ^a   O'Keefe, G J ^a   Tebbutt, N ^c   Scott, A M ^a,b,c  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colorectal adenoma; Colorectal carcinoma; FDG; FDG avid colon lesions; PET CT

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLON INJURY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

COLONIC DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENDOSCOPY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37849033581     PISSN: 15361632     EISSN: 18602002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11307-007-0117-0     Document Type: Article

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