FDG PET and PET/CT for Colorectal Cancer

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 727, Issue , 2011, Pages 77-103

  Delbeke, Dominique ^a   Martin, William H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal carcinoma; Computed tomography; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 79956314690     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-062-1_6     Document Type: Chapter

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