Voxel based comparison and texture analysis of 18F-FDG and 18F-FMISO PET of patients with head-and-neck cancer.
BACKGROUND:Hypoxia can induce radiation resistance and is an independent prognostic marker for outcome in head and neck cancer. As 18F-FMISO (FMISO), a hypoxia tracer for PET, is far less common than 18F-FDG (FDG) and two separate PET scans result in doubled cost and radiation exposure to the patien...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213111 |