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Basic Principles and Neurosurgical Applications of Positron Emission Tomography
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Basic Principles and Neurosurgical Applications of Positron Emission Tomography

Jinhu Xiong, Lisa D.H. Nickerson, J. Hunter Downs and Peter T. Fox
Neurosurgery clinics of North America, Vol.8(3), pp.293-306
07/01/1997
DOI: 10.1016/S1042-3680(18)30305-X
PMID: 9188539

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Abstract

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a technique for studying functional processes in the human body in vivo. The important clinical applications of PET in neurosurgery include localization of epileptic foci, diagnosis of brain tumors, preoperative brain mapping, and the study of plasticity of the brain following brain damage. The basic physics and neurosurgical applications of PET are presented.

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