Performance of Integrated FDG-PET/CT for Differentiating Benign and Malignant Lung Lesions -Results from a Large Prospective Clinical Trial

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[8] Higashino T(1996)Differentiating benign from malignant lung lesions using “quantitative” parameters of FDG PET images Clin Nucl Med 37 943-948

[9] Ohno Y(2000)Preoperative staging of non-small-cell lung cancer with 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography N Engl J Med 343 254-261

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[1] Brundage MD(2002)Prognostic factors in non-small cell lung cancer: a decade of progress Chest 122 1037-1057

[2] Davies D(1988)Prognosis and survival in resected lung carcinoma based on the new international staging system J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 96 440-447

[3] Mackillop WJ(2005)Thin-section multiplanar reformats from multidetector-row CT data: utility for assessment of regional tumor extent in non-small cell lung cancer Eur J Radiol 56 48-55

[4] Naruke T(2005)Multislice computed tomography in staging lung cancer: the role of multiplanar image reconstruction J Comput Assist Tomogr 29 357-360

[5] Goya T(1996)Lung nodule enhancement at CT: prospective findings Radiology 201 447-455

[6] Tsuchiya R(2003)Early lung-cancer detection with spiral CT and positron emission tomography in heavy smokers: 2-year results Lancet 362 593-597

[7] Suemasu K(1998)Dynamic positron emission tomography with F18 fluorodeoxyglucose imaging in differentiation of benign from malignant lung/mediastinallLesions Chest 114 1105-1111

[8] Higashino T(1996)Differentiating benign from malignant lung lesions using “quantitative” parameters of FDG PET images Clin Nucl Med 37 943-948

[9] Ohno Y(2000)Preoperative staging of non-small-cell lung cancer with 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography N Engl J Med 343 254-261

[10] Takenaka D(2007)Additional value of PET-CT in the staging of lung cancer: comparison with CT alone, PET alone and visual correlation of PET and CT Eur Radiol 17 23-32