Comparison of 18F-FDG PET and MRI in assessment of uterine smooth muscle tumors

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 708-712

  Yoshida, Yoshio ^a   Kurokawa, Tetsuji ^a   Sawamura, Yoko ^a   Shinagawa, Akiko ^a   Tsujikawa, Tetsuya ^a   Okazawa, Hidehiko ^a   Tsuchida, Tatsuro ^a   Imamura, Yoshiaki ^a   Suganuma, Narufumi ^a   Kotsuji, Fumikazu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET; Genitourinary; MRI; Oncology; PET; PET MRI; Uterine smooth muscle tumors

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERUS TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MYOMETRIUM; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE TUMOR;

EID: 44149090295     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.047142     Document Type: Article

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