Diaphragmatic and Crural FDG Uptake in Hyperventilating Patients: A Rare Pattern Important to Recognize

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 296-299

  Chander, Subhash ^a,c   Ergun, Eser Lay ^b   Zak, Imad T ^a   Zingas, Alkis P ^a   Bloom, David A ^a   Joyrich, Richard N ^a   Getzen, Todd M ^a   Shaman, Mark ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Crura; Diaphragm; FDG; PET

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG UPTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; HYPERVENTILATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 1942422170     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000122801.10066.2d     Document Type: Article

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