The diagnostic role of dual-phase 18F-FDG PET/CT in the characterization of solitary pulmonary nodules

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 260-267

  Demir, Yusuf ^a   Polack, Berna D ^b   Karaman, Canan ^b   Özdoǧan, Özhan ^b   Sürücü, Erdem ^a   Ayhan, Sadet ^b   Akkoçlu, Atila ^b   Özdemir, Nezih ^b  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

dual phase PET CT; solitary pulmonary nodule; standardized uptake value

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJECTION; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LUNG NODULE; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECHNICIAN; PET SCANNER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZED UPTAKE VALUE;

FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84893577001     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0000000000000049     Document Type: Article

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