The feasibility of 11C-methionine-PET in diagnosis of solitary lung nodules/masses when compared with 18F-FDG-PET

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 533-538

  Hsieh, Hung Jen ^a   Lin, Sheng Hsiang ^b   Lin, Ko Han ^c   Lee, Chien Ying ^c   Chang, Cheng Pei ^c   Wang, Shyh Jen ^c  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Taipei County Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

11C methionine; 18F FDG; Dual tracer; PET; Solitary pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; METHIONINE C 11; TRACER; CARBON 11 METHIONINE; CARBON-11 METHIONINE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; METHIONINE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG UPTAKE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECHNICIAN; PHYSICIAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; RATING SCALE; RECURRENT CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID CANCER; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; LUNG COIN LESION; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 48749119198     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-007-0142-8     Document Type: Article

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