Evaluation of the efficiency of FDG PET/CT in detection and characterization of skeletal metastases

Background and purpose: Combined PET/CT using 18F-FDG is widely used in evaluation of various malignancies; in their initial staging and more efficiently in their follow up; hence, the importance of evaluation of its diagnostic role in the imaging of skeletal metastases. The purpose of this study is...

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Main Authors: Ahmed Wafaie, Hassan Kassem, Magdy Kotb, Rania Zeitoun, Salwa Ismail
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2014-03-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378603X13001472