Is MRI less accurate than FDG-PET/CT in diagnosing bone marrow involvement in lymphoma?

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 565-566

  Kwee, Thomas C ^a   Nievelstein, Rutger A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; FDG PET CT; Lymphoma; MRI

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; LETTER; LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BONE MARROW NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80053654175     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.12.032     Document Type: Letter

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