18F-FDG uptake and breast density in women with normal breast tissue [1]

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1423-

  Kumar, Rakesh ^a   Mitchell, Schnall ^a   Alavi, Abass ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BODY COMPOSITION; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 4544383534     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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