Open AccessF-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in terms of present-day diagnosis, follow-up, and treatment of differential thyroid cancer
Author(s) -
K. Zaplatnikov,
C. Menzel,
M. Diel,
N. Debert,
N. Hamcho,
Frank Grünwald
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
problemy èndokrinologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.124
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2308-1430
pISSN - 0375-9660
DOI - 10.14341/probl11680
Subject(s) - positron emission tomography , fluorodeoxyglucose , differential diagnosis , medicine , nuclear medicine , cancer , positron , thyroid cancer , positron emission , physics , pathology , nuclear physics , electron
Positron emission tomography with “F-fluorodsoxyglucose (“ F-FDG-PET) - one of the types of radionuclide research methods that can determine the increased glucose metabolism in neoplastic cells - has recently taken a strong place among other methods for diagnosing malignant good diseases.