Background: The incidence of skin cancer among Danes is one of the highest in the world. Most skin cancers are, however, avoidable with sun protection and reduction of exposure. One way to increase awareness could be through personal biofeedback information about skin DNA damage.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOne of the most common clinical indications for amino acid PET using the tracer -(2-[F]-fluoroethyl)-l-tyrosine (F-FET) is the differentiation of tumor relapse from treatment-related changes in patients with gliomas. A subset of patients may present with an uptake of F-FET close to recommended threshold values. The goal of this study was to investigate the frequency of borderline cases and the role of quantitative F-FET PET parameters in this situation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFConventionally, if two metabolic processes are of interest for image analysis, two separate, sequential positron emission tomography (PET) scans are performed. However, sequential PET scans cannot simultaneously display the metabolic targets. The concurrent study of two simultaneous PET scans could provide new insights into the causes of diseases.
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