Visual PET/CT scoring for nonspecific18F-FDG uptake in the differentiation of early malignant and benign esophageal lesions

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 515-521

  Roedl, Johannes B ^a   Colen, Rivka R ^a   King, Kevin ^a   Fischman, Alan J ^a   Mueller, Peter R ^a   Blake, Michael A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

18F FDG; Esophagus; Nonspecific uptake; PET; PET CT

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG UPTAKE; EARLY CANCER; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRECANCER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEP WISE MULTIPLE REGRESSION;

AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 49149102463     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3320     Document Type: Article

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