Reply: Kinetic analysis of 18F-FLT PET in lung tumors

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 506-507

  Brockenbrough, James Scott ^a   Vesselle, Hubert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3' FLUOROTHYMIDINE F 18;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KINETICS; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STANDARDIZED UPTAKE VALUE;

EID: 84858589167     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.111.097873     Document Type: Letter

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