Variability and reproducibility of hepatic FDG uptake measured as SUV as well as tissue-to-blood background ratio using positron emission tomography in healthy humans

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 108-113

  Kanstrup, Inge Lis ^a,b   Klausen, Thomas Levin ^a   Bojsen Møller, Jens ^a   Magnusson, Peter ^a   Zerahn, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Maximal and mean FDG uptake; Representative ROIs; Standardized uptake value; Tissue to blood ratio

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG LIVER LEVEL; DRUG UPTAKE; EXERCISE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60149109335     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2008.00846.x     Document Type: Article

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