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PET and brain tumor image fusion.

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Wong, TZ; Turkington, TG; Hawk, TC; Coleman, RE
Published in: Cancer J
2004

PET imaging with (18)F-2-deoxy-2-fluoro-D-glucose (FDG-PET) is useful both for the initial evaluation of brain tumors and for follow up after therapy. Over 400 FDG-PET studies are performed at Duke University Medical Center annually for brain tumors. Image registration of FDG-PET data with anatomic imaging (MRI) is essential to accurately localize the abnormality in the brain because of the metabolic heterogeneity of brain tumors and the high background metabolism of normal cerebral cortex. A practical semi-automated image registration technique has been developed which is used routinely for all brain tumor patients. In the future, image registration will likely become increasingly important for FDG and other PET tracers used for brain tumor imaging, and the combined functional/anatomic information will be utilized directly for therapeutic radiation and surgical treatment planning.

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Cancer J

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1528-9117

Publication Date

2004

Volume

10

Issue

4

Start / End Page

234 / 242

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
  • Image Enhancement
  • Humans
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Brain Neoplasms
  • 3211 Oncology and carcinogenesis
 

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Wong, T. Z., Turkington, T. G., Hawk, T. C., & Coleman, R. E. (2004). PET and brain tumor image fusion. Cancer J, 10(4), 234–242. https://doi.org/10.1097/00130404-200407000-00004
Wong, Terence Z., Timothy G. Turkington, Thomas C. Hawk, and R Edward Coleman. “PET and brain tumor image fusion.Cancer J 10, no. 4 (2004): 234–42. https://doi.org/10.1097/00130404-200407000-00004.
Wong TZ, Turkington TG, Hawk TC, Coleman RE. PET and brain tumor image fusion. Cancer J. 2004;10(4):234–42.
Wong, Terence Z., et al. “PET and brain tumor image fusion.Cancer J, vol. 10, no. 4, 2004, pp. 234–42. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/00130404-200407000-00004.
Wong TZ, Turkington TG, Hawk TC, Coleman RE. PET and brain tumor image fusion. Cancer J. 2004;10(4):234–242.

Published In

Cancer J

DOI

ISSN

1528-9117

Publication Date

2004

Volume

10

Issue

4

Start / End Page

234 / 242

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
  • Image Enhancement
  • Humans
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Brain Neoplasms
  • 3211 Oncology and carcinogenesis