F18-FDG coincidence-PET in patients with suspected gynecological malignancy

Zor E., Stokkel M. P., Oezalp S., Vardareli E., YALÇIN Ö. T., Ak I.

ACTA RADIOLOGICA, vol.47, no.6, pp.612-617, 2006 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 47 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/02841850600698820
  • Journal Name: ACTA RADIOLOGICA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.612-617
  • Keywords: adnexal mass, coincidence PET, F18-FDG, POSITRON-EMISSION-TOMOGRAPHY, RECURRENT OVARIAN-CARCINOMA, HEAD GAMMA-CAMERA, COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY, ADNEXAL MASSES, FDG PET, CANCER, DIAGNOSIS, CT, FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE
  • Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Purpose: To assess the role of F18-FDG imaging with a dual-head coincidence mode gamma camera (Co-PET) in identifying malignant tumors in patients with a suspicious adnexal mass depicted by conventional imaging methods.