Frequency and etiology of solitary hot spots in the pelvis at whole-body positron emission tomography/computed tomography imaging

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-48

  Khademi, Sara ^a   Westphalen, Antonio C ^a   Webb, Emily M ^a   Joe, Bonnie N ^a   Badiee, Shiva ^a   Hawkins, Randy A ^a   Coakley, Fergus V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

18F FDG; Helical CT; Pelvis; PET Scan

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; MEDICAL IMAGING; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRONS; TOMOGRAPHY;

18F-FDG; BASE-LINES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; HELICAL CT; HOT SPOTS; LEIOMYOMA; MEDICAL RECORDS; METASTATIC DISEASES; PELVIS; PET SCAN; POSITRON EMISSIONS; TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING; WHOLE BODIES;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; COLITIS; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; CYST; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLISM; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LEIOMYOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OVARY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINE INCONTINENCE; WHOLE BODY PET;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149191375     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2008.06.026     Document Type: Article

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