Evaluation of the solitary pulmonary nodule by positron emission tomography imaging
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Evaluation of the solitary pulmonary nodule by positron emission tomography imaging.
Current noninvasive imaging methods are not sufficiently reliable for accurate detection of malignancy in most solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs). Positron emission tomography (PET) using 18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), showing increased FDG uptake and retention in malignant cells, has proved useful to differentiate malignant from benign tissue and could, therefore, contribute to the evaluation of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0000-0000,0903-1936
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09030410