Estimate of FDG Excretion by means of Compartmental Analysis and Ant Colony Optimization of Nuclear Medicine Data
[18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) is one of the most utilized tracers for positron emission tomography (PET) applications in oncology. FDG-PET relies on higher glycolytic activity in tumors compared to normal structures as the basis of image contrast. As a glucose analog, FDG is transported into m...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2013-01-01
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Series: | Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/793142 |