Diagnostic usefulness of an amino acid tracer, α-[N-methyl-11C]-methylaminoisobutyric acid (11C-MeAI...
Diagnostic usefulness of an amino acid tracer, α-[N-methyl-11C]-methylaminoisobutyric acid (11C-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 Japan
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English
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Tokyo: Springer Japan
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Although positron emission tomography (PET) using [
18
F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-
d
-glucose (
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 ai...
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Diagnostic usefulness of an amino acid tracer, α-[N-methyl-11C]-methylaminoisobutyric acid (11C-MeAIB), in the PET diagnosis of chest malignancies
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3830191
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3830191
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0914-7187
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1864-6433
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10.1007/s12149-013-0750-4
