Imaging biomarkers in prostate cancer: role of PET/CT and MRI

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 644-655

  Picchio, M ^a   Mapelli, P ^a   Panebianco, V ^b   Castellucci, P ^c   Incerti, E ^a   Briganti, A ^a   Gandaglia, G ^a   Kirienko, M ^d   Barchetti, F ^b   Nanni, C ^c   Montorsi, F ^a   Gianolli, L ^a   Fanti, S ^c  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Imaging; MRI; PET CT; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; TRACER; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

BONE EXAMINATION; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MULTIPARAMETRIC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PET-MRI SCANNER; PRIMARY TUMOR; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SCINTISCANNING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84925486570     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-014-2982-5     Document Type: Review

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