Detection and quantification of focal uptake in head and neck tumours: 18F-FDG PET/MR versus PET/CT

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 462-475

  Varoquaux, Arthur ^a   Rager, Olivier ^a   Poncet, Antoine ^a   Delattre, Bénédicte M A ^a,b   Ratib, Osman ^a   Becker, Christoph D ^a   Dulguerov, Pavel ^a   Dulguerov, Nicolas ^a   Zaidi, Habib ^a   Becker, Minerva ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck tumours; Hybrid imaging; PET CT; PET MR; SUV

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84894083400     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-013-2580-y     Document Type: Article

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