Positron emission tomography (PET) was used in over 400 examinations in patients with
pituitary adenoma. It was demonstrated that PET with carbon-11-methionine can give …

Two patients with pituitary tumors were examined with positron emission tomography (PET)
after intravenous administration of 11 CN-methylspiperone. In repeat studies the patients …

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a new in vi-vo tracer and imaging technique that has
evolved from tomographic image reconstruction started with computed tomography. The …

Background: Positron emission tomography (PET) is a well-recognized technique used in
research, especially for intracranial studies, as well as for clinical practice, and has …

Positron emission tomography with [18F] fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) was carried out in 24
patients with pituitary macro-adenomas (32 studies) to assess the glucose utilization of …

A rare case of a patient with multiple intracranial metastases from a prolactin-secreting
pituitary neoplasm is described. At the age of 14 years, the patient had been operated on for …

Seven patients with clinically nonsecreting pituitary adenoma and 5 patients with
meningioma were examined with positron emission tomography using [11 C]-LL-deprenyl …

The differential diagnosis among various types of non-functioning sellar and parasellar
tumours is sometimes difficult using currently available methods of morphological imaging …

Neuroendocrine neoplasms (NEN) functional imaging is an evolving field that witnessed
major advances in the past two decades. The routine use of PET/CT with an array of new …

Different tracers have been proposed in nuclear medicine to visualize neuroendocrine
tumours; the majority are based on specific uptake mechanisms while some are aspecific …