Enhanced detectability of recurrent brain tumor using glucose-loading F-18 FDG PET

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-33

  Seo, Young Soon ^a   Chung, Tae Woong ^a   Kim, In Young ^a   Bom, Hee Seung ^a   Min, Jung Joon ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIATION NECROSIS; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GADOLINIUM DTPA; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37549066924     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31815c5103     Document Type: Article

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