Evaluation of primary brain tumors using 11C-methionine PET with reference to a normal methionine uptake map

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1971-1980

  Coope, David J ^a   Čížek, Jiří ^b,c   Eggers, Carsten ^b   Vollmar, Stefan ^b   Heiss, Wolf Dieter ^b   Herholz, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glioma; Methionine; PET

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; METHIONINE C 11;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHIONINE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 36849090786     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.043240     Document Type: Article

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