Carbon-11-methionine PET in focal cortical dysplasia: A comparison with fluorine-18-FDG PET and technetium-99m-ECD SPECT

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 974-977

  Sasaki, Masayuki ^a   Kuwabara, Yasuo ^a   Yoshida, Tsuyoshi ^a   Fukumura, Toshimitsu ^a   Morioka, Takato ^a   Nishio, Shunji ^a   Fukui, Masashi ^a   Masuda, Kouji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon 11 methionine; Epilepsy; Fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose; Focal cortical dysplasia; PET

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; METHIONINE C 11;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CYSTEINE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHIONINE; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0031839309     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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