Diagnostic usefulness of an amino acid tracer, [alpha]-[N-methyl-^sup 11^C]-methylaminoisobutyric ac...
Diagnostic usefulness of an amino acid tracer, [alpha]-[N-methyl-^sup 11^C]-methylaminoisobutyric acid (^sup 11^C-MeAIB), in the PET diagnosis of chest malignancies
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Nishii, Ryuichi , Higashi, Tatsuya , Kagawa, Shinya , Kishibe, Yoshihiko , Takahashi, Masaaki , Yamauchi, Hiroshi , Motoyama, Hideki , Kawakami, Kenzo , Nakaoku, Takashi , Nohara, Jun , Okamura, Misato , Watanabe, Toshiki , Nakatani, Koichi , Nagamachi, Shigeki , Tamura, Shozo , Kawai, Keiichi and Kobayashi, Masato
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Tokyo: Springer Nature B.V
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Although positron emission tomography (PET) using [^sup 18^F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose (^sup 18^F-FDG) is established as one of the first-choice imaging modalities in the diagnosis of chest malignancies, there are several problems to solve in clinical practice, such as false positive uptake in inflammatory diseases. The aim of this study was to eva...
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Diagnostic usefulness of an amino acid tracer, [alpha]-[N-methyl-^sup 11^C]-methylaminoisobutyric acid (^sup 11^C-MeAIB), in the PET diagnosis of chest malignancies
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1458705222
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1458705222
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0914-7187
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1864-6433
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10.1007/s12149-013-0750-4
