Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 4 , Pages 379-388 , May 2009

Comparison of conventional and novel PET tracers for imaging mesothelioma in nude mice with subcutaneous and intrapleural xenografts

  • Atsushi B. Tsuji

      Affiliations

    • Diagnostic Imaging Group, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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  • Chizuru Sogawa

      Affiliations

    • Diagnostic Imaging Group, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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  • Aya Sugyo

      Affiliations

    • Diagnostic Imaging Group, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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  • Hitomi Sudo

      Affiliations

    • Diagnostic Imaging Group, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
    • Department of Pathology and Oncology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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  • Jun Toyohara

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Chiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, 206-8670, Japan
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  • Mitsuru Koizumi

      Affiliations

    • Diagnostic Imaging Group, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
    • ,
  • Masaaki Abe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Oncology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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  • Okio Hino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Oncology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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  • Yoshi-nobu Harada

      Affiliations

    • Diagnostic Imaging Group, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
    • ,
  • Takako Furukawa

      Affiliations

    • Diagnostic Imaging Group, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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  • Kazutoshi Suzuki

      Affiliations

    • Molecular Probe Group, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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  • Tsuneo Saga

      Affiliations

    • Diagnostic Imaging Group, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 43 206 3421; fax: +81 43 206 0818.

Received 27 November 2008 ,Revised 27 January 2009 ,Accepted 31 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2009.01.018

Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 4 , Pages 379-388 , May 2009

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