The usefulness of FDG positron emission tomography for the detection of mediastinal lymph node metastases in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: A comparative study with X-ray computed tomography

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 741-747

  Sasaki, Masayuki ^a   Lchiya, Yuichi ^a   Kuwabara, Yasuo ^a   Akashi, Yuko ^a   Yoshida, Tsuyoshi ^a   Fukumura, Toshimitsu ^a   Murayama, Sadayuki ^a   Ishida, Teruyoshi ^a   Sugio, Kenji ^a   Masuda, Kouji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fluorine 18 fluoro 2 deoxy D glucose; Lung cancer; Mediastinal lymph node; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DEOXYGLUCOSE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 8944259910     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00843701     Document Type: Article

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