LI Dongli1, 2 XU Yikai2 WANG Quanshi1 WU Hubing1 LI Hongsheng1 1. Comparative PET/CT study with 11C-MET and 18F-FDG for diagnosing Glioma[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2011, 34(2): 151-155.
LI Dongli1, 2 XU Yikai2 WANG Quanshi1 WU Hubing1 LI Hongsheng1 1. Comparative PET/CT study with 11C-MET and 18F-FDG for diagnosing Glioma[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2011, 34(2): 151-155.DOI:
we investigate the diagnostic value of 11C-methionine(MET) positron emission tomography/computed tomography(PET/CT) for brain gliomas
and compare the results to 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose.Forty-four patients with suspected gliomas were examined with 11C-MET and 18F-FDG PET/CT.18F-FDG and 11C-MET PET/CT images were compared and evaluated by visual and semiquantitative analysis.The accuracy of 11C-MET and 18F-FDG PET/CT for detecting gliomas were 88.6% and 65.9%
respectively.Semiquantitative analysis showed that the 26 gliomas had higher mean ± SD T/NGmax ratio on 11C-MET PET/CT than on 18F-FDG PET/CT(1.95±0.52 vs.0.90±0.27
t=9.101
P<0.001).11C-MET had a higher sensitivity than 18F-FDG(83.3% vs.33.3%
χ2 =4.16
P<0.05) for low-grade gliomas
but it did not differ significantly from 18F-FDG in the sensitivity for high-grade gliomas(100% vs.64.3%
χ2=3.20
P>0.05).The difference was no significant
too
between high-and low-grade gliomas
compared by 11C-MET T/NGmax ratio(2.07±0.51 vs.1.81±0.52
t=1.302
P=0.205).18F-FDG T/NGmax ratio in high-grade gliomas was significantly higher than that in low-grade gliomas(1.03±0.30 vs.0.75±0.11
t=3.198
P=0.004).It is concluded that 11C-MET PET/CT is more accurate than 18F-FDG PET/CT for detecting and delineating gliomas
especially for low-grade gliomas
and it can play a complement role to 18F-FDG in tumor grading.