Uptake of 18F-Fluorocholine, 18F-FET, and 18F-FDG in C6 Gliomas and Correlation with 131I-SIP(L19), a Marker of Angiogenesis
Matthias T. Wyss*,1,
Nicolas Spaeth*,1,
Gregoire Biollaz2,
Jens Pahnke3,4,
Patrizia Alessi5,
Eveline Trachsel5,
Valerie Treyer1,
Bruno Weber1,6,
Dario Neri5 and
Alfred Buck1
1 PET Center, Division of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 2 Section of Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 3 Department of Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 4 Department of Neurology, University Rostock, Rostock, Germany; 5 Department of Applied Biosciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland; and 6 Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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FIGURE 1. Morphologic characterization of transplanted glioma cells and developing tumor: central necrotic area (hematoxylin/eosin, x60) (A), parenchymal infiltration zone of glioma cells (hematoxylin/eosin, x100) (B), infiltration in Virchow-Robin perivascular space (hematoxylin/eosin, x130) (C), and representative intratumoral microvessels (arrowheads; antivon-Willebrand factor, x200) (D).
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FIGURE 2. (A and B) Dual-tracer autoradiographs of 18F-fluorocholine (FCH) (A) and corresponding 131I-SIP(L19) (B). (C) Pixelwise correlation of each 100th pixel in tumor region of interest and Pearson correlation coefficient.
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FIGURE 3. (A and B) Dual-tracer autoradiographs of 18F-FET (A) and corresponding 131I-SIP(L19) (B). (C) Pixelwise correlation of each 100th pixel in tumor region of interest and Pearson correlation coefficient.
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FIGURE 4. (A and B) Dual-tracer autoradiographs of 18F-FDG (A) and corresponding 131I-SIP(L19) (B). (C) Pixelwise correlation of each 100th pixel in tumor region of interest and the Pearson correlation coefficient.
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