A micro-PET/CT approach using O-(2-[18F]fluoroethyl)-l-tyrosine in an experimental animal model of F98 glioma for BNCT

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1717-1720

  Menichetti, L ^a   Petroni, D ^a   Panetta, D ^a   Burchielli, S ^b   Bortolussi, Silva ^c   Matteucci, M ^d   Pascali, G ^a   Del Turco, S ^a   Del Guerra, A ^e   Altieri, S ^c   Salvadori, P A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

18F F BPA; 18F FET; BNCT; Head and neck cancer; Positron emission tomography; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

[18F]F-BPA; [18F]FET; BNCT; HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; POSITRON EMISSION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; MESFET DEVICES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RADIOGRAPHY; TUMORS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

4 BORONOPHENYLALANINE; FRUCTOSE BORONOPHENYLALANINE; O (2 FLUOROETHYL)TYROSINE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; DRUG UPTAKE; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; GLIOMA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MICRO POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; RAT; SPECTROMETRY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLIOMA; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RATS; TYROSINE;

EID: 80055108249     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.02.037     Document Type: Article

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