Fever of unknown origin: A value of 18F-FDG-PET/CT with integrated full diagnostic isotropic CT imaging

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 518-525

  Ferda, Jiří ^a   Ferdová, Eva ^a   Záhlava, Jan ^a   Matějovič, Martin ^a   Kreuzberg, Boris ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Fever of unknown origin; Fluorodeoxyglucose; PET CT

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROTIC CHANGES; CLINICAL VALUE; CONTRAST-ENHANCED CT; CT DATA; CT IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; HIGH RESOLUTION ALGORITHM; MEAN AGES; MICROBIAL INFECTIONS; SOFT TISSUE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUBMILLIMETERS;

IODINE;

PATHOLOGY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; SOLID TUMOR; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77949488212     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.12.014     Document Type: Article

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