Influence of blood glucose level, age and fasting period on non-pathological FDG uptake in heart and gut

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 98-101

  De Groot, Michel ^a   Meeuwis, Antoi P W ^a   Kok, Peter J M ^a   Corstens, Frans H M ^a   Oyen, Wim J G ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

FDG; Non specific uptake; Patient specific uptake; Physiological uptake

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; GLUCOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG UPTAKE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTESTINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECORDING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ARTIFACTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FASTING; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEART; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; STATISTICS; STOMACH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 12444346765     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-004-1670-2     Document Type: Article

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