Nuclear medicine techniques (single photon emission computerized tomography, SPECT, and positron emission tomography, PET) represent molecular imaging tools, able to provide in vivo biomarkers of different diseases. To investigate brain tumours and metastases many different radiopharmaceuticals imaged by SPECT and PET can be used. In this review the main and most promising radiopharmaceuticals available to detect brain metastases are reported. Furthermore the diagnostic contribution of the combination of SPECT and PET data with radiological findings (magnetic resonance imaging, MRI) is discussed.

Palumbo, B., Buresta, T., Nuvoli, S., Spanu, A., Schillaci, O., Fravolini, M., et al. (2014). SPECT and PET serve as molecular imaging techniques and in Vivo biomarkers for brain metastases. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 15(6), 9878-9893 [10.3390/ijms15069878].

SPECT and PET serve as molecular imaging techniques and in Vivo biomarkers for brain metastases

SCHILLACI, ORAZIO;
2014-06-03

Abstract

Nuclear medicine techniques (single photon emission computerized tomography, SPECT, and positron emission tomography, PET) represent molecular imaging tools, able to provide in vivo biomarkers of different diseases. To investigate brain tumours and metastases many different radiopharmaceuticals imaged by SPECT and PET can be used. In this review the main and most promising radiopharmaceuticals available to detect brain metastases are reported. Furthermore the diagnostic contribution of the combination of SPECT and PET data with radiological findings (magnetic resonance imaging, MRI) is discussed.
3-giu-2014
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Rilevanza internazionale
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Sì, ma tipo non specificato
Settore MED/36 - DIAGNOSTICA PER IMMAGINI E RADIOTERAPIA
English
Con Impact Factor ISI
Animals; Brain; Brain Neoplasms; Humans; Molecular Imaging; Positron-Emission Tomography; Radiopharmaceuticals; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; Tumor Markers, Biological
https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/15/6/9878
Palumbo, B., Buresta, T., Nuvoli, S., Spanu, A., Schillaci, O., Fravolini, M., et al. (2014). SPECT and PET serve as molecular imaging techniques and in Vivo biomarkers for brain metastases. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 15(6), 9878-9893 [10.3390/ijms15069878].
Palumbo, B; Buresta, T; Nuvoli, S; Spanu, A; Schillaci, O; Fravolini, M; Palumbo, I
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