PET-CT in oncology: Making the most of CT

Cancer Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue SPEC. ISS. A, 2008, Pages

  Miles, K A ^a  

^a BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Computer assisted; Contrast media; Diagnosis; Imaging; Positron emission tomography; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VISUAL ORIENTATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; REVIEW;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 55949123090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14707330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2008.9015     Document Type: Article

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