Abstract
Early detection and characterization are still challenging issues in the diagnostic approach to brain tumors. Among functional imaging techniques, a clinical role for positron emission tomography studies with [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose and for single photon emission computed tomography studies with [201Tl]thallium-chloride has emerged. The clinical role of magnetic resonance spectroscopy is still being defined, whereas functional magnetic resonance imaging seems able to provide useful data for presurgical localization of critical cortical areas. Integration of morphostructural information provided by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, with functional characterization and cyto-histologic evaluation of biologic markers, may assist in answering the open diagnostic questions concerning brain tumors.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 699-715 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Nuclear Medicine and Biology |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 1996 |
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Keywords
- brain tumors
- emission computed tomography
- functional imaging
- functional MRI
- magnetic resonance spectroscopy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cancer Research
- Molecular Medicine
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
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Functional characterization of brain tumors : An overview of the potential clinical value. / Brunetti, Arturo; Alfano, Bruno; Soricelli, Andrea; Tedeschi, Enrico; Mainolfi, Ciro; Covelli, Eugenio M.; Aloj, Luigi; Panico, Maria Rosaria; Bazzicalupo, Lucio; Salvatore, Marco.
In: Nuclear Medicine and Biology, Vol. 23, No. 6, 08.1996, p. 699-715.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AU - Panico, Maria Rosaria
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AU - Salvatore, Marco
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