18-Fluorine fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography with computerized tomography versus computerized tomography alone for the management of solitary lung nodules with diameters inferior to 1.5cm

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 422-426

  Divisi, D ^a   Di Tommaso, S ^a   Di Leonardo, G ^a   Brianzoni, E ^b   De Vico, A ^a   Crisci, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b MACERATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

18FFDG PET CT; CT of the thorax; lung cancer; solitary lung nodule; thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77957851558     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: 14391902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1249945     Document Type: Article

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