MR imaging versus PET/CT for evaluation of pancreatic lesions

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2527-2532

  Belião, Sara ^a   Ferreira, Alexandra ^b   Vierasu, Irina ^c   Blocklet, Didier ^c   Goldman, Serge ^c   Metens, Thierry ^d   Matos, Celso ^d  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO FRANCISCO XAVIER   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DONA ESTEFÂNIA   (Portugal)

^c Service de Médecine Nucléaire   (Belgium)

^d Service de Radiologie Imagerie Par Resonance Magnétique   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chronic pancreatitis; FDG PET CT; MRI; Pancreatic cancer

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AMPULLOMA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOCAL TUBERCULOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS ADENOPATHY; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS CYST; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84865245209     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.11.045     Document Type: Article

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