As the applications of metabolic imaging are expanding, radiolabeled amino acids may gain
increased clinical interest. This review first describes the basic aspects of amino acid …

Malignant gliomas consist of glioblastomas, anaplastic astrocytomas, anaplastic
oligodendrogliomas and anaplastic oligoastrocytomas, and some less common tumors such …

The present procedural guidelines summarize the current views of the EANM Neuro-
Imaging Committee (NIC). The purpose of these guidelines is to assist nuclear medicine …

Background: Diffuse infiltrative low‐grade gliomas of the cerebral hemispheres in the adult
are a group of tumors with distinct clinical, histological and molecular characteristics, and …

These guidelines summarize the current views of the European Association of Nuclear
Medicine Neuroimaging Committee (ENC). The purpose of the guidelines is to assist …

MRI is commonly used to determine the location and extent of cerebral gliomas. We
investigated whether the diagnostic accuracy of MRI could be improved by the additional …

Abstract 11 C-methionine (MET) is the most popular amino acid tracer used in PET imaging
of brain tumours. Because of its characteristics, MET PET provides a high detection rate of …

Neuroimaging enables the noninvasive evaluation of glioma and is considered to be one of
the key factors for individualized therapy and patient management, since accurate diagnosis …

Molecular imaging of tumor metabolism has gained considerable interest, since preclinical
studies have indicated a close relationship between the activation of various oncogenes and …

Purpose Treatment and prognosis of gliomas depend on their histological tumour grade.
The aim of the study was to evaluate the potential of [18 F] fluoroethyltyrosine (FET) PET for …