Observer variation of 2-deoxy-2-[F-18]fluoro-D-glucose-positron emission tomography in mediastinal staging of non-small cell lung cancer as a function of experience, and its potential clinical impact.

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Published in Mol Imaging Biol on August 17, 2007

Authors

Sietske A Smulders1, Chad M Gundy, Arthur van Lingen, Emile F Comans, Frank W J M Smeenk, Otto S Hoekstra, Study Group of Clinical PET

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Catharina Hospital Eindhoven, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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