[11C]-L-Methionine positron emission tomography in the management of children and young adults with brain tumors

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-239

  Galldiks, Norbert ^a   Kracht, Lutz W ^b   Berthold, Frank ^a   Miletic, Hrvoje ^a   Klein, Johannes C ^b,e   Herholz, Karl ^b,c   Jacobs, Andreas H ^b,d   Heiss, Wolf Dieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d KLINIKUM FULDA   (Germany)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Children; Methionine; Molecular imaging; PET

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE C 11; CARBON; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; METHIONINE; METHIONINE METHYL ESTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPENDYMOBLASTOMA; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RHABDOID TUMOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; CLASSIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCINTISCANNING;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHIONINE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ROC CURVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75049083038     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-009-9953-x     Document Type: Article

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