Improving evaluation of primary gastric malignancies by distending the stomach with milk immediately before18F-FDG PET scanning

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-29

  Zhu, Zhaohui ^a   Li, Fang ^a   Mao, Yilei ^a   Cheng, Wuying ^a   Cheng, Xin ^a   Dang, Yonghong ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

18F FDG; Gastric distention; Gastric malignancy; PET; Physiologic uptake

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART; HUMAN; INGESTION; LIVER; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MILK; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH DISTENSION; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH WALL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; STOMACH; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 42049095522     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnmt.107.044081     Document Type: Article

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