Solitary Pulmonary Nodules: Comparison of Dynamic First-Pass Contrast-enhanced Perfusion Area-Detector CT, Dynamic First-Pass Contrast-enhanced MR Imaging, and FDG PET/CT

• Published in: Radiology Vol. 274; no. 2; pp. 563 - 575
• Main Authors: Ohno, Yoshiharu, Nishio, Mizuho, Koyama, Hisanobu, Seki, Shinichiro, Tsubakimoto, Maho, Fujisawa, Yasuko, Yoshikawa, Takeshi, Matsumoto, Sumiaki, Sugimura, Kazuro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.02.2015
• Subjects: Aged; Female; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Multimodal Imaging; Positron-Emission Tomography; Prospective Studies; Radiopharmaceuticals; Regional Blood Flow; Solitary Pulmonary Nodule - blood supply; Solitary Pulmonary Nodule - diagnosis; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

To prospectively compare the capabilities of dynamic perfusion area-detector computed tomography (CT), dynamic magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, and positron emission tomography (PET) combined with CT (PET/CT) with use of fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) for the diagnosis of solitary pulmonary no...