Published April 2002
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Journal article
PET: functional imaging applications in oncology
Description
PET imaging plays an important role in the diagnosis, staging and management of tumors. At present, its principal application is in lung cancer, but interest in other applications is growing rapidly. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Kontraste (Hamburg)
- Journal Volume
- 46
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 12-18
- ISSN
- 0942-7112
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Germany
- Country of Input or Organization
- Germany
- INIS RN
- 36057224
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- ADENOMAS; CARCINOMAS; DIAGNOSTIC USES; FLUORINE 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; LARGE INTESTINE; LUNGS; LYMPHOMAS; MAMMARY GLANDS; MELANOMAS; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
- Descriptors DEC
- ANTIMETABOLITES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; CARCINOMAS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASES; DRUGS; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPITHELIOMAS; FLUORINE ISOTOPES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GLANDS; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; INTESTINES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; NANOSECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; ORGANS; RADIOISOTOPES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TOMOGRAPHY; USES