Methionine positron emission tomography for differentiation of recurrent brain tumor and radiation necrosis after stereotactic radiosurgery - In malignant glioma

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 291-296

  Tsuyuguchi, Naohiro ^a   Takami, Toshihiro ^a   Sunada, Ichiro ^b   Iwai, Yoshiyasu ^c   Yamanaka, Kazuhiro ^c   Tanaka, Kiyoaki ^a   Nishikawa, Misao ^a   Ohata, Kenji ^a   Torii, Kenji ^a   Morino, Michiharu ^a   Nishio, Akimasa ^a   Hara, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Ibaraki Hospital   (Japan)

^c OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Malignant glioma; Methionine; PET; Radiation necrosis; Recurrence; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; METHIONINE C 11; RADIOISOTOPE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GRAY MATTER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION NECROSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 4143138559     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02984466     Document Type: Article

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