Usefulness of FDG-PET in the diagnosis of patients with chronic severe brain injury;Utilidad de la PET con FDG en la valoración del paciente con traumatismo craneoencefálico severo crónico

Revista Espanola de Medicina Nuclear

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-97

  De La Cueva, L ^a,d   Noe E ^b   Lopez Aznar D ^a   Ferri, J ^c   Sopena, R ^a   Martinez C ^a   Chirivella, J ^b   Abreu, P ^a   Uruburu, E ^a  

^a Hospital 9 de Octubre   (Spain)

^b Hospital Valencia al Mar   (Spain)

^c Fundacion Instituto Valenciano de Neurorrehabilitacion FIVAN   (Spain)

^d Hospital Nueve de Octubre   (Spain)

Author keywords

FDG PET; Positron emission tomography; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN METABOLISM; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THALAMUS;

EID: 33646495547     PISSN: 02126982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13086250     Document Type: Article

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