Concurrent PET/CT with an integrated imaging system: Intersociety dialogue from the joint working group of the american college of radiology, the society of nuclear medicine, and the society of computed body tomography and magnetic resonance

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 568-584

  Coleman, R Edward ^a,j   Delbeke, Dominique ^b   Guiberteau, Milton J ^c   Conti, Peter S ^d   Royal, Henry D ^e   Weinreb, Jeffrey C ^f   Siegel, Barry A ^e   Federle, Michael P ^g   Townsend, David W ^h   Berland, Lincoln L ⁱ  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c St Joseph Radiology Associates   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j Society of Nuclear Medicine   (United States)

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Author keywords

Credentialing; CT; Nuclear medicine; Oncology; PET; PET CT

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ABDOMEN; ACCURACY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTIFACT; BODY POSITION; BREAST CANCER; BREATHING; CALIBRATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG UPTAKE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHOMA; ONCOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PELVIS; PHOTON; PHYSICIAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGIST; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGY; THYROID CANCER; X RAY;

EID: 84928096563     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2005.03.014     Document Type: Article

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