Imaging of blood flow and hypoxia in head and neck cancer: Initial evaluation with [15O]H2O and [18F]Fluoroerythronitroimidazole PET

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1643-1652

  Lehtio K ^a   Oikonen, V ^a   Gronroos T ^a   Eskola, O ^a   Kalliokoski, K ^a   Bergman, J ^a   Solin, O ^a   Grenman R ^a   Nuutila, P ^a   Minn, H ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

18F fluoroerythronitroimidazole; Head and neck cancer; Hypoxia; PET

Indexed keywords

FLUOROERYTHRONITROIMIDAZOLE F 18; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER O 15;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; ANOXIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOLYSIS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NITROIMIDAZOLES; OXYGEN RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0035205517     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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