18F-FDG-PET/CT of orofacial tumors, a value of whole-body imaging approach

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 241-248

  Ferda, Jiří ^a   Ferdová, Eva ^a   Záhlava, Jan ^a   Walter, Jiří ^a   Mukenšnabl, Petr ^a   Daum, Ondřej ^a   Kreuzberg, Boris ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Fluoro deoxy glucose; Head and neck tumors; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MATERIAL; CT DATA; DISTANT METASTASIS; FALSE POSITIVE; HEAD AND NECK; HEAD AND NECK TUMORS; HEAD-AND-NECK TUMOR; HIGH-RESOLUTION PET; INTRAVENOUS APPLICATIONS; LYMPH NODE; OPTIMAL RESOLUTION; SALIVARY GLANDS; SUBMILLIMETERS; WHOLE-BODY; WHOLE-BODY IMAGING;

BODY FLUIDS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; GLUCOSE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ONCOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POSITRONS; TUMORS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISTANT METASTASIS; GLOSSECTOMY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH CARCINOMA; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND CARCINOMA; TONGUE CARCINOMA;

FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 76349114029     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.10.036     Document Type: Article

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