Background: Patients with primary tumors of the head and neck have been reported to have a high rate of synchronous primary tumors of the upper aerodigestive tract. This study was performed to determine whether inclusion of the thorax in the scan volume would be diagnostically useful for positron em
Clinical Value of Image Fusion from MR and PET in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer
β Scribed by Yuji Nakamoto; Ken Tamai; Tsuneo Saga; Tatsuya Higashi; Tadashi Hara; Tsuyoshi Suga; Takashi Koyama; Kaori Togashi
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 243 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1536-1632
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