Comparing the diagnostic value of 18F-FDG-PET/CT versus CT for differentiating benign and malignant solitary pulmonary nodules: a meta-analysis | Zendy

Yuzhu Jia | Zendy; Wanfeng Gong | Zendy; Zhiping Zhang | Zendy; Gaofeng Tu | Zendy; Jiapeng Li | Zendy; Fanfan Xiong | Zendy; Hongtao Hou | Zendy; Yunyi Zhang | Zendy; Meiqian Wu | Zendy; Ping Zhang | Zendy

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Comparing the diagnostic value of 18F-FDG-PET/CT versus CT for differentiating benign and malignant solitary pulmonary nodules: a meta-analysis

Author(s) -

Yuzhu Jia,

Wanfeng Gong,

Zhiping Zhang,

Gaofeng Tu,

Jiapeng Li,

Fanfan Xiong,

Hongtao Hou,

Yunyi Zhang,

Meiqian Wu,

Ping Zhang

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of thoracic disease

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682

H-Index - 60

eISSN - 2077-6624

pISSN - 2072-1439

DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2019.05.21

Subject(s) - medicine , diagnostic odds ratio , confidence interval , receiver operating characteristic , odds ratio , nuclear medicine , likelihood ratios in diagnostic testing , area under the curve , meta analysis , positron emission tomography , cochrane library , radiology

This quantitative meta-analysis was conducted to provide an indirect comparison of the diagnostic value of computed tomography (CT) with positron emission tomography (PET)/CT for differentiating benign and malignant solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs).

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