PET-CT evaluation of solitary pulmonary nodules: Correlation with maximum standardized uptake value and pathology

Lung

Volumn 191, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 625-632

  Sim, Yee Ting ^a   Goh, Yong Geng ^a   Dempsey, Mary Frances ^a   Han, Sai ^a   Poon, Fat Wui ^a  

^a BEATSON WEST OF SCOTLAND CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malignancy; Positron emission tomography computed tomography; Solitary pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PET SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84890434096     PISSN: 03412040     EISSN: 14321750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00408-013-9500-6     Document Type: Article

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