Multimodal imaging utilising integrated MR-PET for human brain tumour assessment

European Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2568-2580

  Neuner, Irene ^a,b,d   Kaffanke, Joachim B ^a,e   Langen, Karl Josef ^a   Kops, Elena Rota ^a   Tellmann, Lutz ^a   Stoffels, Gabriele ^a   Weirich, Christoph ^a   Filss, Christian ^a   Scheins, Jürgen ^a   Herzog, Hans ^a   Shah, N Jon ^a,c,d  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^d JARA Translational Brain Medicine   (Germany)

^e MR Transfer eK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain tumours; Diagnosticwork flow; DTI; Hybrid MR PET; Neurooncology

Indexed keywords

FLUOROETHYL L TYROSINE F 18; METHIONINE C 11; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 84870331227     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2543-x     Document Type: Article

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