Contribution of the combination of 201Tl SPECT and 99mTcO4- SPECT to the differential diagnosis of brain tumors and tumor-like lesions: A preliminary report

Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-94

  Terada, H ^a   Kamata, N ^b  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Multiple sclerosis; Pertechnetium 99m; SPECT; Thallium 201

Indexed keywords

PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG ACCUMULATION; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM PERTECHNETATE TC 99M; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0037352714     PISSN: 01509861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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