Comparison of MRI, CT and 18F-FDG-PET/CT for the detection of intracranial disease extension in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Head and Neck Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Lim, T C ^a,b   Chua, M L ^a   Chia, G S ^c   Ng, D C ^d   Ong, S C ^d   Wee, J T ^a   Khoo, J B ^a  

^a DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b KHOO TECK PUAT HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^d SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84872719896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17583284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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