Factors influencing the sensitivity of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the detection of infective endocarditis

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1112-1113

  Treglia, Giorgio ^a   Bertagna, Francesco ^b  

^a ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIET RESTRICTION; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; LOW FAT DIET; PET SCANNER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84879498477     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-013-2422-y     Document Type: Letter

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