The Sum of Tumour-to-Brain Ratios Improves the Accuracy of Diagnosing Gliomas Using 18F-FET PET

Bogdan Malkowski; Maciej Harat; Agnieszka Zyromska; Tomasz Wisniewski; Aleksandra Harat; Rita Lopatto; Jacek Furtak

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0140917

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The Sum of Tumour-to-Brain Ratios Improves the Accuracy of Diagnosing Gliomas Using 18F-FET PET

Bogdan Malkowski ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Bogdan Malkowski, Maciej Harat

Affiliations Department of Positron Emission Tomography and Molecular Imaging, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Bydgoszcz, Poland, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Franciszek Lukaszczyk Oncology Centre, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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Maciej Harat ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Bogdan Malkowski, Maciej Harat

* E-mail: haratm@co.bydgoszcz.pl

Affiliations Department of Radiotherapy, Franciszek Lukaszczyk Oncology Centre, Bydgoszcz, Poland, Department of Oncology and Brachytherapy, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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Agnieszka Zyromska,

Affiliations Department of Radiotherapy, Franciszek Lukaszczyk Oncology Centre, Bydgoszcz, Poland, Department of Oncology and Brachytherapy, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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Tomasz Wisniewski,

Affiliations Department of Radiotherapy, Franciszek Lukaszczyk Oncology Centre, Bydgoszcz, Poland, Department of Oncology and Brachytherapy, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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Aleksandra Harat,

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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Rita Lopatto,

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Franciszek Lukaszczyk Oncology Centre, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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Jacek Furtak

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, 10th Military Research Hospital and Polyclinic, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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The Sum of Tumour-to-Brain Ratios Improves the Accuracy of Diagnosing Gliomas Using 18F-FET PET

Bogdan Malkowski,
Maciej Harat,
Agnieszka Zyromska,
Tomasz Wisniewski,
Aleksandra Harat,
Rita Lopatto,
Jacek Furtak

Published: October 15, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140917

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