Novel positron emission tomography radiotracers in brain tumor imaging

Although [18F] 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) is the most widely used radiopharmaceutical the world over, it is not the ideal tracer for brain imaging, owing to its high physiological cortical uptake and lack of specificity. This has paved the way for the introduction of several novel radiotracers...

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Main Authors: Maria Mathew D′Souza, Rajnish Sharma, Madhavi Tripathi, Puja Panwar, Abhinav Jaimini, Anupam Mondal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2011-07-01
Series:Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0971-3026.85369