F-18 PET soft tissue uptake in seatbelt injury

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 809-810

  Jong, Ian ^a   Ramdave, Shahker ^a   Lau, Eddie ^a   Binns, David ^a   Hicks, Rodney ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

F 18 FDG PET; False positive; Soft tissue injury

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ONCOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEATBELT INJURY; SOFT TISSUE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ARTIFACTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SEAT BELTS; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES;

EID: 9344227895     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200412000-00011     Document Type: Article

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