Issues pertaining to PET imaging of liver cancer
Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging using 2-deoxy-2-[F-18]fluoro-D-glucose (FDG) has proven valuable in the diagnosis, staging and restaging for many cancers. However, its application for liver cancer has remained limited owing in part to the relatively high background uptake of the tracer in...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
2014-08-01
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Series: | Journal of Fasting and Health |
Online Access: | http://jfh.mums.ac.ir/pdf_3092_80868a64fb791a7ecc1ce618c69960ce.html |