Adrenal masses in patients with cancer: PET/CT characterization with combined CT histogram and standardized uptake value PET analysis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 209-216

  Perri, Marzio ^a   Erba, Paola ^a   Volterrani, Duccio ^a   Guidoccio, Federica ^a   Lazzeri, Elena ^a   Caramella, Davide ^a   Mariani, Giuliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenal metastases; Adrenal tumors; CT histogram analysis; PET CT

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADRENAL CANCER; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; STANDARDIZED UPTAKE VALUE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79960499802     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5342     Document Type: Article

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