Clinical use of 11C-methionine and 18F-FDG-PET for germinoma in central nervous system

Yoshiyuki Okochi,Takashi Nihashi,Masazumi Fujii,Katsuhiko Kato,Yumiko Okada,Yoshio Ando,Satoshi Maesawa,Shigenori Takebayashi,Toshihiko Wakabayashi,Shinji Naganawa

Clinical use of 11C-methionine and 18F-FDG-PET for germinoma in central nervous system

2014

Yoshiyuki Okochi
Takashi Nihashi
Masazumi Fujii
Katsuhiko Kato
Yumiko Okada
Yoshio Ando
Satoshi Maesawa
Shigenori Takebayashi
Toshihiko Wakabayashi
Shinji Naganawa

Objective The purpose of this study was to examine the 11C-methionine (MET) and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) findings of central nervous system (CNS) germinoma and the diagnostic utility of these findings.

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Radiology
Germinoma
Positron emission tomography
Central nervous system
Nuclear medicine
Methionine
Magnetic resonance imaging
Medicine
11c methionine
18f fdg pet
Pathology

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