Imaging atherosclerotic plaque inflammation with [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography

Circulation

Volumn 105, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 2708-2711

  Rudd, J H F ^a   Warburton, E A ^a   Fryer, T D ^a   Jones, H A ^a   Clark, J C ^a   Antoun, N ^b   Johnstrom P ^a   Davenport, A P ^a   Kirkpatrick, P J ^a   Arch, B N ^a   Pickard, J D ^a   Weissberg, P L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Imaging; Nuclear medicine

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037062656     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000020548.60110.76     Document Type: Article

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