Figure 1.
Flow chart showing the patient recruitment process. FDG, fluorodeoxyglucose; PET/CT, positron emission tomography/computed tomography; SUV, standardized uptake value; BPN, benign pulmonary nodule; MPN, malignant pulmonary nodule.
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