A new semiquantitative method for comparing brain tumor uptake of Tc-99m sestamibi and Tl-201

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 868-873

  San Pedro, Elmer C ^a   Yilmaz, Mustafa ^a   Liu, Hong Gang ^a   Rosenfeld, Steven S ^a   Mountz, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain Tumor; Tc 99m Sestamibi; Tl 201; Tumor Bulk

Indexed keywords

CARMUSTINE; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HYDROXYUREA; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; RADIOACTIVITY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0032730074     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199911000-00010     Document Type: Article

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