Use of 201thallium brain SPECT, image registration, and semi-quantitative analysis in the follow-up of brain tumors

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 188-195

  Rubinstein, Rina ^a   Karger, Haim ^a   Pietrzyk, Uwe ^b   Siegal, Tali ^a   Gomori, John M ^a   Chisin, Roland ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain, isotope studies; Brain, neoplasm; Isotope study, brain; Isotope study, SPECT; Neoplasms, brain

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; OXIME; TECHNETIUM COMPLEX; THALLIUM; THALLIUM 201;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REOPERATION; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIMES; REOPERATION; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0029670156     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0720-048X(95)00726-7     Document Type: Article

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