Amino acid PET successfully differentiates recurrent brain metastases (IMAGE)

Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Amino acid PET successfully differentiates recurrent brain metastases

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Does a new or increasing contrast enhancement on T1 MRI represent a consequence of treatment or progressive/recurrent tumor? This common clinical dilemma can be resolved by amino acid PET with good diagnostic accuracy.

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Images created by Timo Schlürmann, resident at the Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Germany.

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