Comparison of C-11 methionine and C-11 choline for PET imaging of brain metastases: A prospective pilot study

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 639-642

  Rottenburger, Christof ^a   Hentschel, Michael ^a   Kelly, Thomas ^b   Trippel, Michael ^a   Brink, Ingo ^c   Reithmeier, Thomas ^a   Tobias Meyer, Philipp ^a   Nikkhah, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Hospital Thurgau   (Germany)

^c Ernst von Bergmann Hospital Potsdam   (Germany)

Author keywords

brain metastases; carbon 11 choline; carbon 11 methionine; positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE C 11; METHIONINE C 11;

BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CHOLINE; HUMANS; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 79960260596     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: 15360229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3182175840     Document Type: Review

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