Distribution Patterns of 18F-Labelled Fluoromethylcholine in Normal Structures and Tumors of the Head

Clinical Nuclear Medicine - Tập 37 Số 8 - Trang e196-e203 - 2012
Koen Mertens1, Hamphrey Ham2, Karel Deblaere2, Jean-Pierre Okito Kalala3,4, Caroline Van den Broecke3,4, Dominique Slaets4, Filip De Vos4, Ingeborg Goethals2
1Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
2Nuclear Medicine, †Radiology and Medical Imaging, ‡Neurosurgery, and §Pathology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium;
3Department of Nuclear Medicine, Polik-liniek 7, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
4Laboratory of Radiopharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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