Reversal of hypermetabolic brown adipose tissuein F-18 FDG PET imaging

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 193-196

  Christensen, Carl R ^a   Clark, Paige B ^b   Morton, Kathryn A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown adipose; False positives; FDG; PET; USA fat

Indexed keywords

CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; DIAZEPAM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLIC BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; HYPERMETABOLISM; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; NECK; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; SCINTISCANNING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 33748121406     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000204199.33136.05     Document Type: Article

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