A comparison of the diagnostic accuracy of 18F-FDG PET and CT in the characterization of solitary pulmonary nodules

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-185

  Fletcher, James W ^a   Kymes, Steven M ^b   Gould, Michael ^c,d   Alazraki, Naomi ^e   Coleman, R Edward ^f   Lowe, Val J ^g   Marn, Charles ^h   Segall, George ^c,d   Thet, Lyn A ^h   Lee, Kelvin ⁱ  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Diagnosis; Oncology; PET; Respiratory; SPN

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ALGORITHMS; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38949114184     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.044990     Document Type: Article

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