Limitations of dual time point PET in the assessment of lung nodules with low FDG avidity

Lung Cancer

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 66-71

  Cloran, Francis J ^a,b   Banks, Kevin P ^a   Song, Won S ^a   Kim, Young ^a,b   Bradley, Yong C ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed imaging; Dual time point; Lung cancer; Lung nodule; Positron emission tomography; SUV

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE;

EID: 77649338461     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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