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Positive Predictive Value of Neck Imaging Reporting and Data System Categories 3 and 4 Posttreatment FDG-PET/CT in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

P. Wangaryattawanich, B.F. Branstetter, J.D. Ly, U. Duvvuri, D.E. Heron and T.J. Rath
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A6589
P. Wangaryattawanich
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (P.W., B.F.B., J.D.L.)
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B.F. Branstetter
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (P.W., B.F.B., J.D.L.)
bOtolaryngology (B.F.B., U.D., D.E.H.)
cBiomedical Informatics (B.F.B.)
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J.D. Ly
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (P.W., B.F.B., J.D.L.)
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U. Duvvuri
bOtolaryngology (B.F.B., U.D., D.E.H.)
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D.E. Heron
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dRadiation Oncology (D.E.H.), School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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P. Wangaryattawanich, B.F. Branstetter, J.D. Ly, U. Duvvuri, D.E. Heron, T.J. Rath
Positive Predictive Value of Neck Imaging Reporting and Data System Categories 3 and 4 Posttreatment FDG-PET/CT in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
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American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2020, DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A6589
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