PET-guided gamma knife radiosurgery in brain tumors: a brief review
ConclusionsAlthough not enough studies were available on the role of PET imaging for guiding GKRS, it would seem that the integration of PET data into GKRS treatment planning may represent an important step toward further developments in radiosurgery, especially GKRS. Yet, there is no definite indication for pre-GKRS PET imaging; however, most of the studies used PET imaging when there were lesions with an ill-defined border in MRI. It seems that [11C]MET PET might provide more accurate imaging data than 2-[18F]FDG for lesion targeting; however, studies with head to head comparison of these two modalities are needed.
Source: Clinical and Translational Imaging - Category: Radiology Source Type: research
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