18F-Fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the evaluation of gastrointestinal malignancies.
Positron emission tomography with (18)F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose is an imaging technology that is demonstrating increasing utility in the evaluation of gastrointestinal malignancies.
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Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Baltimore, USA. chin004@mc.duke.edu
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D000328:Adult; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004067:Digestive System Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000379:methods*
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18