Role of Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Suspicious Pulmonary Nodules

Semin Roentgenol. 2017 Jul;52(3):166-172. doi: 10.1053/j.ro.2017.06.008. Epub 2017 Jun 5.

Authors

Brett W Carter¹, John P Lichtenberger 3rd², Girish S Shroff³, Mylene T Truong³, Carol C Wu³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD.
³ Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.

PMID: 28734399
DOI: 10.1053/j.ro.2017.06.008

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
Humans
Lung / diagnostic imaging
Lung / pathology
Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Multiple Pulmonary Nodules / diagnostic imaging*
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography / methods*
Radiopharmaceuticals*

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18