Is PET always an advantage versus planar and SPECT imaging?

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1560-1565

  Mariani, Giuliano ^a   Bruselli, Laura ^a   Duatti, Adriano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

[2 [[2 [[[3 (4 CHLOROPHENYL) 8 METHYL 8 AZABICYCLO[3.2.1]OCT 2 YL]METHYL](2 MERCAPTOETHYL)AMINO]ETHYL]AMINO]ETHANETHIOLATO]OXOTECHNETIUM TC 99M; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FLUORODOPA F 18; GALLIUM 68; GERMANIUM 68; IODINE 123; TECHNETIUM 99M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YTTRIUM 86;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GAMMA RADIATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

FORECASTING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 48149092797     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-008-0814-1     Document Type: Review

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