Accurate Differentiation of Recurrent Gliomas from Radiation Injury by Kinetic Analysis of α-11C-Methyl-l-Tryptophan PET

Bálint Alkonyi,Geoffrey R. Barger,Sandeep Mittal,Otto Muzik,Diane C. Chugani,Gautam Bahl,Natasha L. Robinette,William J. Kupsky,Pulak K. Chakraborty,Csaba Juhász

Accurate Differentiation of Recurrent Gliomas from Radiation Injury by Kinetic Analysis of α-11C-Methyl-l-Tryptophan PET

2012

Bálint Alkonyi
Geoffrey R. Barger
Sandeep Mittal
Otto Muzik
Diane C. Chugani
Gautam Bahl
Natasha L. Robinette
William J. Kupsky
Pulak K. Chakraborty
Csaba Juhász

PET of amino acid transport and metabolism may be more accurate than conventional neuroimaging in differentiating recurrent gliomas from radiation-induced tissue changes. a- 11 Cmethyl-L-tryptophan ( 11 C-AMT) is an amino acid PET tracer that

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Metabolism
Nuclear medicine
Radiology
Tryptophan
Glioma
Medicine
Positron emission tomography
Amino acid
Radiation
Neuroimaging
radiation injury
pet tracer
kinetic analysis

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