Dynamic PET/CT imaging of 18F-(2S, 4R)4-fluoroglutamine in healthy volunteers and oncological patients

Conclusions: Dynamic imaging of 18F-FGln PET/CT in cancer patients can be useful for detection of various tumor subtypes. Optimal imaging time for 18F-FGln PET/CT in different cancer types may need to be optimized to improve tumor to background ratios. This study suggested that 18F-FGln PET imaging might be able to assist in diagnosing the presence of tumor, but by itself alone might not be sufficient to monitor the cell invasion ability of cancer.

Source: Journal of Nuclear Medicine - May 20, 2019 Category: Nuclear Medicine Authors: Xu, X., Zhu, H., Kung, H., Yang, Z. Tags: Oncology, Basic and Translational (Basic Science) I Source Type: research