Staging of non-small-cell lung cancer with FDG-PET/CT: Is there a correlation of morphologic tumor characteristics and metabolic activity?

H. Kuehl, U. Sommerwerck, S. Mueller, T. van Eijk, A. Bockisch (Essen, Germany)

Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Functional imaging in pulmonary oncology and COPD. Radiation dose in chest CT: survey and real life
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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