Diagnostic accuracy of 11C-methionine PET in detecting neuropathologically confirmed recurrent brain tumor after radiation therapy.

Annika KitsHeather MartinAlejandro Sanchez-CrespoAnna Falk Delgado

Published in: Annals of nuclear medicine (2017)

Based on neuropathologically confirmed cases, the DTA of SURmaxmirror and SURmaxcortex from 11C-methionine PET was high when discriminating recurrent tumor from radiation injury.

Keyphrases

radiation therapy
pet ct
positron emission tomography
computed tomography
pet imaging
amino acid
radiation induced