Something old, something new, PET in adrenal imaging

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1233-1235

  Gross, Milton D ^a,c   Rubello, Domenico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

^c VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

18F 2 fluoro 2 deoxy D glucose; Adrenal; DOPA; Endocrinology; Positron radiopharmaceuticals

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE; ANGIOTENSIN; CARBON 11; CATECHOLAMINE; CHOLESTEROL DERIVATIVE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DOPA; FLUORINE 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GALLIUM 68; METOMIDATE; METYRAPONE; PENTETREOTIDE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; SK 12185; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR; STEROID 11BETA MONOOXYGENASE INHIBITOR;

ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL FUNCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECEPTOR BINDING;

ADRENAL GLANDS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; ETOMIDATE; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; STEROID 11-BETA-HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 45049086144     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-008-0717-1     Document Type: Editorial

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