18F-FDG accumulation in atherosclerotic plaques: Immunohistochemical and PET imaging study

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1245-1250

  Ogawa, Mikako ^a,b   Ishino, Seigo ^c   Mukai, Takahiro ^c   Asano, Daigo ^c   Teramoto, Noboru ^a   Watabe, Hiroshi ^a   Kudomi, Nobuyuki ^a   Shiomi, Masashi ^d   Magata, Yasuhiro ^b   Iida, Hidehiro ^a   Saji, Hideo ^c  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

18F FDG; Atherosclerosis; Macrophage; Vulnerable plaque; Watanabe heritable hyperlipidemic rabbit

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG UPTAKE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC AORTA; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTA, THORACIC; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; MACROPHAGES; RABBITS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 4043082767     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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