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SPECT and PET Serve as Molecular Imaging Techniques and in Vivo Biomarkers for Brain Metastases
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 imag...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4100127/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24897023 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms15069878 |
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author | Palumbo, Barbara Buresta, Tommaso Nuvoli, Susanna Spanu, Angela Schillaci, Orazio Fravolini, Mario Luca Palumbo, Isabella |
author_facet | Palumbo, Barbara Buresta, Tommaso Nuvoli, Susanna Spanu, Angela Schillaci, Orazio Fravolini, Mario Luca Palumbo, Isabella |
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description | 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. |
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spelling | pubmed-41001272014-07-16 SPECT and PET Serve as Molecular Imaging Techniques and in Vivo Biomarkers for Brain Metastases Palumbo, Barbara Buresta, Tommaso Nuvoli, Susanna Spanu, Angela Schillaci, Orazio Fravolini, Mario Luca Palumbo, Isabella Int J Mol Sci Review 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. MDPI 2014-06-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4100127/ /pubmed/24897023 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms15069878 Text en © 2014 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Palumbo, Barbara Buresta, Tommaso Nuvoli, Susanna Spanu, Angela Schillaci, Orazio Fravolini, Mario Luca Palumbo, Isabella SPECT and PET Serve as Molecular Imaging Techniques and in Vivo Biomarkers for Brain Metastases |
title | SPECT and PET Serve as Molecular Imaging Techniques and in Vivo Biomarkers for Brain Metastases |
title_full | SPECT and PET Serve as Molecular Imaging Techniques and in Vivo Biomarkers for Brain Metastases |
title_fullStr | SPECT and PET Serve as Molecular Imaging Techniques and in Vivo Biomarkers for Brain Metastases |
title_full_unstemmed | SPECT and PET Serve as Molecular Imaging Techniques and in Vivo Biomarkers for Brain Metastases |
title_short | SPECT and PET Serve as Molecular Imaging Techniques and in Vivo Biomarkers for Brain Metastases |
title_sort | spect and pet serve as molecular imaging techniques and in vivo biomarkers for brain metastases |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4100127/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24897023 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms15069878 |
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