title: Basic principles and neurosurgical applications of positron emission tomography.
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.
authors.affiliation: Research Imaging Center, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78284-6240, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Nickerson
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Downs
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Fox
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007554:Isotopes; D009493:Neurosurgery; D011868:Radioisotopes; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000295:instrumentation
chemical_list: D007554:Isotopes; D011868:Radioisotopes