Comparison of whole-body PET/CT and PET/MRI in breast cancer patients: Lesion detection and quantitation of 18F-deoxyglucose uptake in lesions and in normal organ tissues

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 289-296

  Pace, Leonardo ^a,e   Nicolai, Emanuele ^b,e   Luongo, Angelo ^c,e   Aiello, Marco ^b,e   Catalano, Onofrio A ^b,e   Soricelli, Andrea ^d,e   Salvatore, Marco ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SDN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d Università degli Studi Parthenope di Napoli   (Italy)

^e NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Hybrid imaging; MTV; Oncology; PET CT; PET MRI; SUV

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PET-CT SCANNER; PET-MRI SCANNER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; TUMOR VOLUME; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

BREAST CANCER; HYBRID IMAGING; MTV; ONCOLOGY; PET/CT; PET/MRI; SUV;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84892576383     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2013.11.002     Document Type: Article

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