Thallium-201 SPECT in brain gliomas: Quantitative assessment in differential diagnosis between tumor recurrence and radionecrosis

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 503-505

  Ortega Lozano, Simeon J ^a   Del Valle Torres, Dolores Martinez ^a   Gómez Río, Manuel ^b   Llamas Elvira, Jose M ^b  

^a Universitary Hospital   (Spain)

^b Biochemistry Laboratory   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain glioma; Radionecrosis; Tl 201 SPECT; Tumor recurrence; Uptake index

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM CHLORIDE TL 201;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION NECROSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; ROC CURVE; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949144851     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181abb604     Document Type: Article

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