The value of FDG-PET/CT in assessing single pulmonary nodules in patients at high risk of lung cancer
- 5 February 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
- Vol. 36 (6), 997-1004
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-009-1061-9
Abstract
To evaluate whether PET/low-dose CT (ldCT) using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) improves characterization of indeterminate single pulmonary nodules (SPNs) in patients at high risk of lung cancer.Keywords
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