Brain metastases assessment by FDG-PET/CT: can it eliminate the necessity for dedicated brain imaging?

Abstract Background Brain metastases (BM) are the most common intracranial tumors in adults outnumbering all other intracranial neoplasms. Positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography (PET/CT) is a widely used imaging modality in oncology with a unique combination of cross-sectiona...

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Published in:	The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Main Authors:	Mamdouh A. Zidan, Radwa S. Hassan, Khaled I. El-Noueam, Yasser M. Zakaria
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SpringerOpen 2020-11-01
Subjects:	Brain Computed tomography (CT) Fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose (FDG) Metastases Positron emission tomography (PET)
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43055-020-00342-8