Interobserver variability in chest CT and whole body FDG-PET screening for distant metastases in head and neck cancer patients

Molecular Imaging and Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 385-390

  Senft, Asaf ^a   De Bree, Remco ^a   Golding, Richard P ^a   Comans, Emile F I ^a   Van Waesberghe, Jan Hein T M ^a   Kuik, J Dirk ^a   Hoekstra, Otto S ^a   Leemans, C René ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CT; Distant metastases; FDG PET; Head and neck cancer; Interobserver agreement

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHOLE BODY CT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 79955937204     PISSN: 15361632     EISSN: 18602002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11307-010-0354-5     Document Type: Article

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