The role of dual time point FDG PET imaging in the evaluation of solitary pulmonary nodules with an initial standard uptake value less than 2.5

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 244-250

  MacDonald, K ^a   Searle, J ^b   Lyburn, I ^b,c  

^a Severn Radiology Training Scheme   (United Kingdom)

^b Cheltenham Imaging Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BRONCHOALVEOLAR ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOID; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOID; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RETENTION INDEX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD UPTAKE VALUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE;

EID: 79551611310     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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