The use of dual phase 201Tl SPECT for differentiating pulmonary malignancies from benign lesions

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 445-451

  Yu, Yang Hao ^a   Hsu, Wu Huei ^a   Hsu, Nan Yung ^a   Lin, Tze Yi ^a   Hsia, Te Chun ^a   Sun, Shung Shung ^a   Kao, Chia Hung ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Pulmonary lesions; Retention index; SPECT; Thallium 201

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM 201; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; THALLIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CALCULATION; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG UPTAKE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; ADENOCARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EMPYEMA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; SCINTISCANNING; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMPYEMA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 7944221824     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyh080     Document Type: Article

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