Imaging of lower extremity artery atherosclerosis in diabetic foot: FDG-PET imaging and histopathological correlates

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 567-568

  Basu, Sandip ^a   Zhuang, Hongming ^a,b   Alavi, Abass ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Charcot; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic foot; FDG; PET

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; TRACER;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LEG ISCHEMIA; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SOFT TISSUE; TIBIA SHAFT; TIBIAL ARTERY; TOE GANGRENE;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; STATISTICS;

EID: 34250864497     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3180646ac0     Document Type: Article

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