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The usual mode of scanner operation in which a tracer's distribution throughout a subject is detected for subsequent processing into an image.(Dr… (More)
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1976-2017
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Insulin resistance and Alzheimer-like reductions in regional cerebral glucose metabolism for cognitively normal adults with prediabetes or early type 2 diabetes.
BACKGROUND Insulin resistance is a causal factor in prediabetes (PD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) and increases the risk of… (More)
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Regional hypoxia in glioblastoma multiforme quantified with [18F]fluoromisonidazole positron emission tomography before radiotherapy: correlation with time to progression and survival.
PURPOSE Hypoxia is associated with resistance to radiotherapy and chemotherapy and activates transcription factors that support… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Biodistribution and pharmacokinetics of the alphavbeta3-selective tracer 18F-galacto-RGD in cancer patients.
UNLABELLED (18)F-Galacto-RGD has been developed for PET of alpha(v)beta(3) integrin expression, a receptor involved in, for… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Impact of patient weight and emission scan duration on PET/CT image quality and lesion detectability.
UNLABELLED This study was performed to prospectively evaluate fast PET/CT imaging protocols using lutetium oxyorthosilicate (LSO… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
FDG PET imaging of locally advanced gastric carcinomas: correlation with endoscopic and histopathological findings
Gastric cancer carries a poor prognosis and is the second most frequent cause of cancer-related death worldwide. In spite of the… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Delayed (18)F-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography scan for differentiation between malignant and benign lesions in the pancreas.
BACKGROUND Positron emission tomography (PET) using (18)F-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) has been used for the evaluation of… (More)
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1999
1999
Value of FDG PET in papillary thyroid carcinoma with negative 131I whole-body scan.
UNLABELLED The management of metastatic thyroid carcinoma patients with a negative 131I scan presents considerable problems… (More)
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
PET imaging of prostate cancer using carbon-11-choline.
UNLABELLED Prostate cancer is difficult to visualize using current techniques. Recently, 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy has… (More)
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Model-based scatter correction for fully 3D PET.
A method is presented that directly calculates the mean number of scattered coincidences in data acquired with fully 3D positron… (More)
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Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Quantitation in positron emission computed tomography: 2. Effects of inaccurate attenuation correction.
Effects of inaccurate attenuation correction on quantitation in positron emission computed tomography were investigated by both… (More)
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