A comparative study of thallium-201 SPET, carbon-11 methionine PET and fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET for the differentiation of astrocytic tumours

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1261-1269

  Sasaki, Masayuki ^a   Kuwabara, Yasuo ^a   Yoshida, Tsuyoshi ^a   Nakagawa, Makoto ^a   Fukumura, Toshimitsu ^a   Mihara, Futoshi ^a   Morioka, Takato ^a   Fukui, Masashi ^a   Masuda, Kouji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain tumours; Carbon 11 methionine; Fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose; Positron emission tomography; Single photon emission tomography; Thallium chloride

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM; METHIONINE C 11; THALLIUM 201; TRACER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0031684257     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590050294     Document Type: Article

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