18F-Flourodeoxy-Glucose PET/Computed Tomography in Brain Tumors
| Autor: | Lilja Solnes, Esther Mena, Rathan M. Subramaniam, Rick Arthur Wray, Avner Meoded |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Radiation medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Central nervous system Cancer Computed tomography General Medicine medicine.disease Mr imaging Survival outcome Lymphoma Patient management Malignant transformation carbohydrates (lipids) medicine.anatomical_structure Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radiology business Nuclear medicine neoplasms |
| Zdroj: | PET Clinics. 10:423-430 |
| ISSN: | 1556-8598 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cpet.2015.03.011 |
| Popis: | (18)F-flourodeoxy-glucose (FDG) PET/computed tomography (CT) is most useful in the evaluation of primary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma, important in diagnosis, pretherapy prognosis, and therapy response evaluation. Utility in working up gliomas is less effective, and FDG PET/CT is most helpful when MR imaging is unclear. FDG avidity correlates with the grade of gliomas. FDG PET/CT can be used to noninvasively identify malignant transformation. Establishing this change in the disease process has significant effects on patient management and survival outcome. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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