Characterization of thymic masses using 18F-FDG PET-CT

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 569-577

  Kumar, Arvind ^a   Regmi, Subodh Kumar ^a   Dutta, Roman ^a   Kumar, Rakesh ^a   Gupta, Siddhartha Datta ^a   Das, Prasenjit ^a   Halanaik, Dhanapathi ^a   Jindal, Tarun ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

FDG PET CT; Thymic carcinoma; Thymic hyperplasia; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; METASTASIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYMIC CARCINOMA; THYMOMA; THYMUS CANCER; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYMUS GLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949158453     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-009-0283-z     Document Type: Article

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