Additional effects of FDG-PET to thin-section CT for the differential diagnosis of lung nodules: A Japanese multicenter clinical study

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 787-795

  Kubota, Kazuo ^a   Murakami, Koji ^b   Inoue, Tomio ^c   Saga, Tsuneo ^d   Shiomi, Susumu ^e  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CT; FDG PET; Multicenter study; Solitary pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JAPANESE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JAPAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83855162852     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: 18646433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-011-0528-5     Document Type: Article

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