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Diagnostic Efficacy of PET-FDG Imaging in Solitary Pulmonary Nodules: Methods

Patient Selection Thirty subjects who presented for evaluation of solitary pulmonary nodules of 3 cm or less were enrolled in this study. Subjects were evaluated at Creighton University Medical Center and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Omaha. All patients had plain chest radiographs, and CT scan of the chest and mediastinum was obtained in […]

Diagnostic Efficacy of PET-FDG Imaging in Solitary Pulmonary Nodules

Solitary pulmonary nodules are parenchymal lung lesions that are usually well defined and less than 4 cm in diameter. An estimated 130,000 new benign or malignant solitary pulmonary nodules are discovered each year in the United States. It is estimated that about 40 to 50 percent of all solitary pulmonary nodules and 90 percent of […]