Performance profile of FDG-PET and PET/CT for cancer screening on the basis of a Japanese Nationwide Survey

Ryogo Minamimoto,Michio Senda,Kimiichi Uno,Seishi Jinnouchi,Takeshi Iinuma,Kengo Ito,Chio Okuyama,Kazuhiro Oguchi,Masami Kawamoto,Yutaka Suzuki,Eriko Tsukamoto,Takashi Terauchi,Rumi Nakashima,Masami Nishio,Sadahiko Nishizawa,Hiroshi Fukuda,Tsuyoshi Yoshida,Tomio Inoue

Performance profile of FDG-PET and PET/CT for cancer screening on the basis of a Japanese Nationwide Survey

2007

Ryogo Minamimoto
Michio Senda
Kimiichi Uno
Seishi Jinnouchi
Takeshi Iinuma
Kengo Ito
Chio Okuyama
Kazuhiro Oguchi
Masami Kawamoto
Yutaka Suzuki
Eriko Tsukamoto
Takashi Terauchi
Rumi Nakashima
Masami Nishio
Sadahiko Nishizawa
Hiroshi Fukuda
Tsuyoshi Yoshida
Tomio Inoue

Objective The aim of this study is to survey the situation of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) cancer screening in Japan and to describe its performance profile.

Keywords:

Radiology
Medical physics
Positron emission tomography
Computed tomography
Tomography
PET-CT
Cancer screening
Medicine
nationwide survey

Correction
Source
Cite
Save
Machine Reading By IdeaReader

References

Citations