Differential diagnosis of mediastinal lymph node metastasis in lung cancer patients using 18F-FDG PET/CT with double quantitative SUVmax and CT value

Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 284-287

  Ma, Wenchao ^a   Xu, Wengui ^a   Zhu, Xiang ^a   Dai, Dong ^a   Song, Xiuyu ^a   Zhu, Lei ^a   Zhu, Yanjia ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

18F FDG; Differential diagnosis; Double quantitative; Mediastinal lymph node; PET CT

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79953776186     PISSN: 10008179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-8179.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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