PET versus SPECT in distinguishing radiation necrosis from tumor recurrence in the brain

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1995 · Journal of Nuclear Medicine

OSTI ID:114883

Buchpiguel, C A; Alavi, J B; Alavi, A ^[1]

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1. Hospital of the Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States); and others

Two cases of postsurgical brain tumor evaluation in which MRI was inconclusive are discussed. Functional imaging techniques, such as FDG-PET and {sup 201}TI SPECT, were used in both cases for distinguishing radiation necrosis from tumor recurrence. These methods proved to be complimentary. For Patient 1, FDG-PET showed more limitations compared to {sup 201}Tl SPECT. FDG-PET results, on the other hand, were consistent with the final diagnosis and the SPECT image was false positive for tumor recurrence in Patient 2. 26 refs., 9 figs.

• OSTI ID: 114883
• Journal Information: Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Journal Name: Journal of Nuclear Medicine Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 36; ISSN JNMEAQ; ISSN 0161-5505
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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NMR IMAGING
POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
THALLIUM 201