The role of 18F-FDG PET or 18F-FDG-PET/CT in the evaluation of solitary pulmonary nodules

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2032-2037

  Li, Wenbo ^a   Pang, Hua ^a   Liu, Qiong ^a   Zhou, Jing ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

18F fluorodeoxyglucose (18F FDG); Positron emission tomography (PET); Positron emission tomography computed tomography (PET CT); Solitary pulmonary nodules (SPN)

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG NODULE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORPHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84941806747     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2015.06.008     Document Type: Review

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