18F-FDG PET for the evaluation of thymic epithelial tumors: Correlation with the World Health Organization classification in addition to dual-time-point imaging

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1219-1225

  Inoue, Atsuo ^a   Tomiyama, Noriyuki ^a   Tatsumi, Mitsuaki ^a   Ikeda, Naoki ^a   Okumura, Meinoshin ^a   Shiono, Hiroyuki ^a   Inoue, Masayoshi ^a   Higuchi, Ichiro ^a   Aozasa, Katsuyuki ^a   Johkoh, Takeshi ^a   Nakamura, Hironobu ^a   Hatazawa, Jun ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

FDG; Oncology; PET; Tumor; Tumor imaging

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYMOMA; THYMUS CANCER; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CLASSIFICATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 70349237219     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-009-1082-4     Document Type: Article

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