Erik Mittra

Publication Details

• Combined 18F-fluoride and 18F-FDG PET/CT scanning for evaluation of malignancy: results of an international multicenter trial.

  Iagaru A, Mittra E, Mosci C, Dick DW, Sathekge M, Prakash V, Iyer V, Lapa P, Isidoro J, de Lima JM, Gambhir SS. J Nucl Med. 2013; 54 (2): 176-83

  (18)F-FDG PET/CT is used in a variety of cancers, but because of variable rates of glucose metabolism, not all cancers are reliably identified. (18)F(-) PET/CT allows for the acquisition of highly sensitive and specific images of the skeleton. We prospectively evaluated combined (18)F(-)/(18)F-FDG as a single PET/CT examination for evaluation of cancer patients and compared it with separate (18)F(-) PET/CT and (18)F-FDG PET/CT scans.

  PubMedID: 23243299