Careful evaluation of CT findings of a cardiac viability F-18 FDG PET/CT study leading to detection of esophageal cancer

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 335-337

  Moinuddin, Asif ^a   Nguyen, Nghi C ^a   Osman, Medhat M ^a,b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac viability; Esophageal cancer; Incidental findings

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LUNG; MALE; PLEURA; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; WHOLE BODY CT;

ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TISSUE SURVIVAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77951284432     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181d626fe     Document Type: Article

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