Is there an added clinical value of "true" whole body 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging in patients with malignant melanoma?

Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Tan, Julie C ^a   Chatterton, Barry E ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

"True" whole body scanning; Metastatic malignant melanoma; PET CT scan

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ARM; ARTICLE; BACK; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EAR; FACE; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK; PATHOGENESIS; SCALP; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84871884181     PISSN: 17905427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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