F-18 FDG Brain Positron Emission Tomography and TI-201 Early and Delayed SPECT in Distinguishing Atypical Cerebral Tumor from Cerebral Infarction

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 241-242

  Liu, Hong Gang ^b   Mountz, James M ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain Tumor; Cerebral Infarction; F 18 FDG PET; Tc 99m HMPAO SPECT; TI 201 Brain SPECT

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; THALLIUM 201; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; THALLIUM; THALLIUM CHLORIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STROKE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; THALLIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0038266775     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200303000-00021     Document Type: Article

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