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@ARTICLE{Filss:139444,
author = {Filss, Christian and Galldiks, Norbert and Stoffels,
Gabriele and Sabel, M. and Wittsack, H. J. and Turowski, B.
and Antoch, G. and Zhang, Ke and Fink, Gereon Rudolf and
Coenen, Heinrich Hubert and Shah, N. J. and Herzog, Hans and
Langen, Karl-Josef},
title = {{C}omparison of $^{18}${F}-{FET} {PET} and perfusion
weighted {MR} imaging: a {PET}-{MR} imaging hybrid study in
patients with brain tumors.},
journal = {Journal of nuclear medicine},
volume = {55},
number = {4},
issn = {0161-5505},
address = {Reston, Va.},
publisher = {SNM},
reportid = {FZJ-2013-05433},
pages = {540-545},
year = {2014},
abstract = {PET using O-(2-$^{18}$F-fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine
($^{18}$F-FET) provides important diagnostic information in
addition to that from conventional MR imaging on tumor
extent and activity of cerebral gliomas. Recent studies
suggest that perfusion-weighted MR imaging (PWI), especially
maps of regional cerebral blood volume (rCBV), may provide
similar diagnostic information. In this study, we directly
compared $^{18}$F-FET PET and PWI in patients with brain
tumors. Methods: Fifty-six patients with gliomas were
investigated using static $^{18}$F-FET PET and PWI. For
comparison, 8 patients with meningiomas were included.We
generated a set of tumor and reference volumes of interest
(VOIs) based on morphologic MR imaging and transferred these
VOIs to the corresponding $^{18}$F-FET PET scans and PWI
maps. From these VOIs, tumor-to-brain ratios (TBR) were
calculated, and normalized histograms were generated for
$^{18}$F-FET PET and rCBV maps. Furthermore, in rCBV maps
and in $^{18}$F-FET PET scans, tumor volumes, their spatial
congruence, and the distance between the local hot spots
were assessed. Results: For patients with glioma, TBR was
significantly higher in $^{18}$F-FET PET than in rCBV maps
(TBR, 2.28 ± 0.99 vs. 1.62 ± 1.13; P < 0.001). Histogram
analysis of the VOIs revealed that $^{18}$F-FET scans could
clearly separate tumor from background. In contrast,
deriving this information from rCBV maps was difficult.
Tumor volumes were significantly larger in $^{18}$F-FET PET
than in rCBV maps (tumor volume, 24.3 ± 26.5 mL vs. 8.9 ±
13.9 mL; P < 0.001). Accordingly, spatial overlap of both
imaging parameters was poor (congruence, 11.0\%), and mean
distance between the local hot spots was 25.4 ± 16.1 mm. In
meningioma patients, TBR was higher in rCBV maps than in
$^{18}$F-FET PET (TBR, 5.33 ± 2.63 vs. 2.37 ± 0.32; P <
0.001) whereas tumor volumes were comparable. Conclusion: In
patients with cerebral glioma, tumor imaging with
$^{18}$F-FET PET and rCBV yields different information.
$^{18}$F-FET PET shows considerably higher TBRs and larger
tumor volumes than rCBV maps. The spatial congruence of both
parameters is poor. The locations of the local hot spots
differ considerably. Taken together, our data show that
metabolically active tumor tissue of gliomas as depicted by
amino acid PET is not reflected by rCBV as measured with
PWI.},
cin = {INM-3 / INM-4 / INM-5 / JARA-BRAIN},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-3-20090406 / I:(DE-Juel1)INM-4-20090406 /
I:(DE-Juel1)INM-5-20090406 / $I:(DE-82)080010_20140620$},
pnm = {333 - Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Neurological and
Psychiatric Diseases (POF2-333) / 332 - Imaging the Living
Brain (POF2-332) / 89573 - Neuroimaging (POF2-89573)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF2-333 / G:(DE-HGF)POF2-332 /
G:(DE-HGF)POF2-89573},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000333910600011},
pubmed = {pmid:24578243},
doi = {10.2967/jnumed.113.129007},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/139444},
}