The role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in differentiating malignant from benign portal vein thrombosis

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1221-1227

  Hu, Shengping ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a   Cheng, Chao ^a   Liu, Qinghua ^a   Sun, Gaofeng ^a   Zuo, Changjing ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET CT; Neoplastic thrombosis; SUVmax; Tumor

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NEOPLASMS; PORTAL VEIN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NEOPLASMS; PORTAL VEIN; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937965338     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: 14320509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-014-0170-5     Document Type: Article

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