Diagnostic performance of 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with fever of unknown origin: A meta-analysis

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 682-688

  Hao, Ruirui ^a   Yuan, Leilei ^a   Kan, Ying ^a   Li, Chunlin ^a   Yang, Jigang ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

18F FDG; Fever of unknown origin; PET CT

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; QUALITY CONTROL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; METHODOLOGY;

FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84879885357     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e328361cd0e     Document Type: Article

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