Volumetric assessment of recurrent or progressive gliomas: comparison between F-DOPA PET and perfusion-weighted MRI

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 905-915

  Cicone, Francesco ^a,b,c   Filss, Christian P ^c,d   Minniti, Giuseppe ^a,b   Rossi Espagnet, Camilla ^a,e   Papa, Annalisa ^a,b   Scaringi, Claudia ^a,b   Galldiks, Norbert ^c,f   Bozzao, Alessandro ^a,e   Shah, N Jon ^c   Scopinaro, Francesco ^a,b   Langen, Karl Josef ^c,d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acid brain PET; DOPA; Glioma; Perfusion weighted magnetic resonance; rCBV maps; Tumour volume

Indexed keywords

6 FLUORODOPA F 18; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE; TEMOZOLOMIDE; DOPA; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BOLUS INJECTION; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; GLIOSIS; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PET-CT SCANNER; PONTINE GLIOMA; POSITRON CAMERA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME; VOLUMETRY; YOUNG ADULT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 84943699028     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-015-3018-5     Document Type: Article

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