Value of 11C-methionine PET in imaging brain tumours and metastases

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 615-635

  Glaudemans, Andor W J M ^a   Enting, Roelien H ^a   Heesters, Mart A A M ^a   Dierckx, Rudi A J O ^a,b   Van Rheenen, Ronald W J ^a   Walenkamp, Annemiek M E ^a   Slart, Riemer H J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

11C Methionine; Brain metastases; Cerebral glioma; MET PET; PET tracers

Indexed keywords

1 FLUORO 3 (2 NITRO 1 IMIDAZOLYL) 2 PROPANOL F 18; 3 DEOXY 3 FLUOROTHYMIDINE F 18; 3 IODOMETIROSINE I 123; 6 FLUORODIHYDROXY L PHENYLALANINE F 18; 6 FLUORODOPA F 18; CHOLINE C 11; FLUORO ALPHA METHYLTYROSINE F 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FLUOROETHYL L TYROSINE F18; METHIONINE C 11; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBON-11 METHIONINE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; METHIONINE;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GLIOMA; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY TUMOR; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION NECROSIS; RECURRENT CANCER; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; BRAIN TUMOR; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; GLIOMA; HUMANS; METHIONINE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 84875742523     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-012-2295-5     Document Type: Review

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