An analysis of the physiological FDG uptake in the stomach with the water gastric distention method

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1815-1818

  Kamimura, Kiyohisa ^a,b   Fujita, Seigo ^a   Nishii, Ryuichi ^c   Wakamatsu, Hideyuki ^c   Nagamachi, Shigeki ^c   Yano, Tatsuhiko ^a   Ogita, Mikio ^a   Umemura, Yoshiro ^a   Fujimoto, Toshiro ^a   Nakajo, Masayuki ^b  

^a Fujimoto Hayasuzu Hospital   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

FDG PET; Physiological uptake; Stomach; Water distention

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HYDRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STOMACH DISTENSION; STOMACH WALL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; STOMACH; WATER;

EID: 35348972496     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-007-0477-3     Document Type: Article

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