Metabolic Assessment of Gliomas Using¹¹C-Methionine, [¹⁸F] Fluorodeoxyglucose, and¹¹C-Choline Positron-Emission Tomography

Abstract

MET PET appears to be useful in evaluating grade, type, and proliferative activity of ATs. CHO PET may be useful in evaluating the potential malignancy of OTs. In terms of visual evaluation of tumor localization, MET PET is superior to FDG and CHO PET in all of the gliomas, due to its straightforward detection of "hot lesions".