Bone metastases from breast cancer: associations between morphologic CT patterns and glycolytic activity on PET and bone scintigraphy as well as explorative search for influential factors.

Tsutomu SugiharaMitsuru KoizumiMasamichi KoyamaTakashi TerauchiNaoya GomiYoshinori ItoKiyohiko HatakeNaohiro Sata

Published in: Annals of nuclear medicine (2017)

Although FDG-PET is superior to BS for the detection of bone metastases from breast cancer, this technique has limitations in depicting osteoblastic bone metastases and NG1.

Keyphrases

pet ct
positron emission tomography
computed tomography
pet imaging
bone mineral density
contrast enhanced
dual energy
image quality
vascular smooth muscle cells
loop mediated isothermal amplification
label free
soft tissue
young adults
angiotensin ii
quantum dots