Clinical value of image fusion from MR and PET in patients with head and neck cancer

Molecular Imaging and Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-53

  Nakamoto, Yuji ^a   Tamai, Ken ^a   Saga, Tsuneo ^b   Higashi, Tatsuya ^a   Hara, Tadashi ^a   Suga, Tsuyoshi ^a   Koyama, Takashi ^a   Togashi, Kaori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

FDG PET; Head and neck cancer; Image fusion; MRI

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TONSIL CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 59449084673     PISSN: 15361632     EISSN: 18602002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11307-008-0168-x     Document Type: Article

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