Standardized uptake values of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose: The value of different normalization procedures

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 571-574

  Schomburg, A ^a   Bender, H ^a   Reichel, C ^a   Sommer, T ^a   Ruhlmann, J ^b   Kozak, B ^b   Biersack, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose; Positron emission tomography; Semiquantitation; Standardized uptake value

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE; RADIOISOTOPE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG UPTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIVER; LUNG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC RATE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029965964     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00833394     Document Type: Article

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