N-NH3: a selective contrast-enhancing tracer for brain tumor

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1052-1058

  Xiangsong, Zhang ^a   Xinjian, Wu ^a   Yong, Zhang ^a   Weian, Chen ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Blood brain barrier; Brain tumor; Nitrogen radioisotopes; PET

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; NITROGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; TRACER; AMMONIA N 13; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN TUMOR; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BOLUS INJECTION; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN METASTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG UPTAKE; ENCEPHALITIS; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MENINGIOMA; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; RADIATION NECROSIS; TUBERCULOMA; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN RADIOISOTOPES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56749152208     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e328310af34     Document Type: Article

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